Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

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 …

Soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon and is central for climate change
mitigation and carbon-climate feedbacks. Chemical and physical associations of soil carbon …

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 …

Managing soil organic matter (SOM) stocks to address global change challenges requires
well‐substantiated knowledge of SOM behavior that can be clearly communicated between …

Large stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC) have accumulated in the Northern Hemisphere
permafrost region, but their current amounts and future fate remain uncertain. By analyzing …

The relative contributions of aboveground versus belowground plant carbon inputs to the
stable soil organic carbon pool are the subject of much debate—with direct implications for …

Soil carbon (C) sequestration is one of three main approaches to carbon dioxide removal
and storage through management of terrestrial ecosystems. Soil C sequestration relies of …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is primarily formed from plant inputs, but the relative carbon (C)
contributions from living root inputs (ie rhizodeposits) vs litter inputs (ie root+ shoot litter) are …

Communities of soil microorganisms (soil microbiomes) play a major role in biogeochemical
cycles and support of plant growth. Here we focus primarily on the roles that the soil …