The world’s soils store four times more carbon than its plants. Elena Arkadova/Shutterstock.com December 1, 2015 Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate Budiman Minasny, University of Sydney; Alex McBratney, University of Sydney; Brendan Malone, University of Sydney, and Uta Stockmann, University of Sydney A new bid to boost the amount of carbon stored in the world’s soils has been launched at the Paris climate summit.