Covering extensive parts of China, karst is a critically important landscape that has
experienced rapid and intensive land use change and associated ecosystem degradation …

Soil natural capital and soil ecosystem services (ES) are under increasing pressure because
of human activities. Soils provide multiple benefits to humans, and the role of soil in Earth's …

The agricultural soils in the Mediterranean are characterized by low stocks of soil organic
matter (SOM) because of the intensive management practices and constraints on litter inputs …

The water ecosystem food (WEF) nexus duly acknowledges the complex interdependencies
among water, ecosystems, and food production, underscoring nature based solutions (NBS) …

Reclaimed soil aggregates play a critical role in the accumulation of soil organic carbon. The
purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of reclaimed soil aggregate development …

In this work, we evaluated the effects of cultivation practices and sites (representing four
locations in Crete, Greece) on soil organic carbon sequestration in established citrus …

Climate change, food and water security and ecosystem sustainable management are tightly
interlinked and require holistic approaches to achieve solutions that do not impact adversely …

Koiliaris CZO is a European Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) typical of the Mediterranean
karstic geomorphology, which represents watersheds affected by humans over the …

Set-aside is a commonly used practice worldwide to improve soil quality and fertility.
However, the benefits of set-aside have not been quantified in a detailed manner and …

Inversion tillage is a commonly applied soil cultivation practice in Europe, which often has
been blamed for deteriorating topsoil stability and organic carbon (OC) content. In this study …