Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is
widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes …

The demand for food based on intensive agriculture has decreased soil quality, posing great
challenges such as increasing agricultural productivity and promoting environmental …

Soil is a central component to seven existential challenges humanity currently faces,
including food, water and energy security, climate change abatement, biodiversity …

Defining clear goals for ecosystem restoration, and developing effective tools to assess and
monitor progress, are critical to achieve restoration success. Soil quality indicators can be …

The productivist model implemented after the second world war has succeeded in improving
production to meet growing demands for food, but it has also deeply affected soil …

The formation of soil organic matter (SOM) very much depends on microbial activity. Even
more, latest studies identified microbial necromass itself being a significant source of SOM …

Human societies face six existential challenges to their sustainable development. These
challenges have been previously addressed by a myriad of concepts such as soil …

Soils are the nexus of water, energy and food, which illustrates the need for a holistic
approach in sustainable soil management. The present study therefore aimed at identifying …

Soils provide many ecosystem services that are ultimately dependent on the local diversity
and belowground abundance of organisms. Soil biodiversity is affected negatively by many …

Urbanization coincides with remarkable environmental changes including vegetation, soil
and climate. An urban heat island is a well-known urban mesoclimatic anomaly, however its …