The authors regret there were four incorrect acknowledgements. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused to the journal and readers. Acknowledgements This study was supported by the Shandong Provincial "811" Project of First-class Discipline Construction, the CarboRus Project (075-15-2021-610), the Tyumen Oblast Government through the West Siberian Interregional Science and Education Center project No. 89-DON, the Russian Science Foundation project No. 23-24-00370 "Soil thermal properties as an indicator of soil organic matter stability" (support for thermal analysis of SOM density fractions), the «Sirius» Federal Territory «Scientific and technological development of the «Sirius» Federal Territory» (Agreement No. 18-03 date 10.09.2024), the Strategic Academic Leadership Program of RUDN University, the State Assignment of the Federal Scientific Center, and the Pushchino Scientific Center of Biological Research of RAS (#122040500037-6). We are grateful to the five anonymous reviewers and the editor for their highly relevant and helpful suggestions and improvements.