Cover crops (CCs) are a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil
health and crop performances. However, the complex of relationships between CCs, the …

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 …

Abstract Microplastics (plastics< 5 mm, including nanoplastics which are< 0.1 μm) originate
from the fragmentation of large plastic litter or from direct environmental emission. Their …

Landscape pattern changes are mostly due to human activities, and such changes often
affect ecosystem functions and services. This study was conducted to evaluate the response …

Executive summary Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural
systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly …

Soil, through its various functions, plays a vital role in the Earth's ecosystems and provides
multiple ecosystem services to humanity. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are simple to …

The current and projected anthropogenic global warming and the attendant increase in the
severity and extent of soil degradation may exacerbate the intensity and duration of drought …

Drought is a major cause of limited agricultural productivity and of crop yield uncertainty
throughout the world. For that reason, agricultural drought research and monitoring are of …

Most soil hydraulic information used in Earth System Models (ESMs) is derived from pedo-
transfer functions that use easy-to-measure soil attributes to estimate hydraulic parameters …

In situ measurements of soil moisture are invaluable for calibrating and validating land
surface models and satellite-based soil moisture retrievals. In addition, long-term time series …