Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

Agroforestry boosts soil health in the humid and sub-humid tropics: A meta-analysis

MN Muchane, GW Sileshi, S Gripenberg… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Agroforestry has been increasingly recognized as a key example of agroecological praxis
contributing to the sustainable intensification of food production while providing a number of …

[HTML][HTML] SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty

L Poggio, LM De Sousa, NH Batjes, GBM Heuvelink… - Soil, 2021‏ - soil.copernicus.org
SoilGrids produces maps of soil properties for the entire globe at medium spatial resolution
(250 m cell size) using state-of-the-art machine learning methods to generate the necessary …

The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions

DA Bossio, SC Cook-Patton, PW Ellis, J Fargione… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mitigating climate change requires clean energy and the removal of atmospheric carbon.
Building soil carbon is an appealing way to increase carbon sinks and reduce emissions …

Natural climate solutions for Canada

CR Drever, SC Cook-Patton, F Akhter, PH Badiou… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Alongside the steep reductions needed in fossil fuel emissions, natural climate solutions
(NCS) represent readily deployable options that can contribute to Canada's goals for …

Arable lands under the pressure of multiple land degradation processes. A global perspective

R Prăvălie, C Patriche, P Borrelli, P Panagos… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
While agricultural systems are a major pillar in global food security, their productivity is
currently threatened by many environmental issues triggered by anthropogenic climate …

[HTML][HTML] Global meta-analysis of the relationship between soil organic matter and crop yields

EE Oldfield, MA Bradford, SA Wood - Soil, 2019‏ - soil.copernicus.org
Resilient, productive soils are necessary to sustainably intensify agriculture to increase
yields while minimizing environmental harm. To conserve and regenerate productive soils …

Natural climate solutions for the United States

JE Fargione, S Bassett, T Boucher, SD Bridgham… - Science …, 2018‏ - science.org
Limiting climate warming to< 2° C requires increased mitigation efforts, including land
stewardship, whose potential in the United States is poorly understood. We quantified the …

Global sequestration potential of increased organic carbon in cropland soils

RJ Zomer, DA Bossio, R Sommer, LV Verchot - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
The role of soil organic carbon in global carbon cycles is receiving increasing attention both
as a potentially large and uncertain source of CO2 emissions in response to predicted …

Carbon sequestration in soil

R Lal, W Negassa, K Lorenz - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Soil C sequestration can strengthen land-based C sinks and off-set
anthropogenic emissions.•Among numerous co-benefits of soil C sequestration are …