Nature Geoscience, Published online: 13 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02064-4

Publisher Correction: Limited energy for microorganisms constrains carbon accrual in soil

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 06 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02035-9

The amount of energy that soil microbes can obtain from oxidizing available organic carbon is limited, which keeps many of them dormant and restricts their growth, necromass production and ultimately the accrual of soil carbon, according to analyses of soil carbon and energy fluxes.