The voluntary carbon market for agricultural soil carbon sequestration is accelerating at a rapid pace with over a dozen companies and marketplaces having recently announced carbon crediting programs. These programs aim to bring verified carbon credits into the market using published measurement, reporting, and verification protocols. Given the varied approaches to measuring and accounting for changes in soil carbon represented among these different protocols, there is significant uncertainty whether a credit generated in one market has any equivalency to a credit generated in another program. We see a critical need for scientists to play an active role in helping guide protocol development and to conduct relevant research. To that end, we identify important areas where confusion about protocols and their implementation hamper progress on this front, and highlight key areas for improved communication and transparency between market stakeholders and the research community.

农业土壤碳封存的自愿碳市场正在快速发展，十多家公司和市场最近宣布了碳信用计划。这些计划旨在使用已发布的测量、报告和验证协议将经过验证的碳信用额推向市场。鉴于在这些不同协议中测量和解释土壤碳变化的方法不同，在一个市场产生的信用是否与在另一个项目中产生的信用具有任何等效性，存在很大的不确定性。我们认为科学家们迫切需要在帮助指导协议开发和进行相关研究方面发挥积极作用。为此，