Soil salinisation is one of the major soil degradation threats occurring in Europe. The effects
of salinisation can be observed in numerous vital ecological and non-ecological soil …

The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

This article introduces a Special Issue on biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands and
provides a synthesis of the current knowledge on this topic. Four major categories of …

Abstract Models are key tools in our quest to better understand the impacts of soil
waterlogging on plant growth and crop production. Here, we reviewed the state of the art of …

Agricultural soils offer multiple soil functions, which contribute to a range of ecosystem
services, and the demand for the primary production function is expected to increase with a …

Recent impactful hydrometeorological events, on both the extreme wet and dry side of the
spectrum, remind policymakers and citizens that climate change is a reality and that a shift in …

Global climate change impacts the future of urbanism. The future is increasingly uncertain,
and current responses in urban planning practice are often human-centered. In general, this …

Soils and their properties play an important role in land evaluation studies. Often such
studies focus on larger scales ranging from watersheds up to the national scale or even …

Soil salinity and sodicity are major concerns in agricultural systems, threatening plant growth
in the short term and soil health in the long term. Despite these risks, use of marginal quality …

Salinity varies with location and time of the year. It can significantly impact crop production.
The level of negative impacts depends on the salt concentration and time of its occurrence …