ABSTRACT
Maintenance of the carbon (C) balance in the atmosphere is one of the most urgent global ecological problems of the 21st century. Increasing concentrations of carbonic acid in the lower layers of the atmosphere are caused not only by industrial emissions but also by the irrational use of natural resources. This leads to the destruction of natural biogeochemical cycles of ecosystems, with the destructive processes of biomass transformation by mineralization occurring more frequently than the productive processes of photosynthesis and humification. Uncontrolled economic activity causes soil alienated through degradation from the biological cycle, and inefficient agricultural systems deplete the soil fertility, which is determined by humus content and soil C levels, among other variables.
