Interactive comment on “How will organic carbon stocks in mineral soils evolve under future climate? Global projections using RothC for a range of climate change scenarios” by P. Gottschalk et al

The manuscript ‘How will organic carbon stocks in mineral soils evolve under future climate? Global projections using RothC for a range of climate change scenarios’ by Gottschalk et al. describes the outcomes of an extensive modelling approach to predict global soil C stocks by end of this century. The authors used a variety of climate predictions and coupled these scenarios with projections of land use changes and net primary production rates. They’re overall conclusion is that global soil organic carbon will increase, as NPP rates accelerate faster than decomposition rates under predicted climate change scenarios. Their model approaches are based on a series of well-