This review article aims to acknowledge the multifaceted functions of soil, and given its
status as the largest terrestrial carbon store, to reaffirm its previously established importance …

The capacity of soils to store organic carbon represents a key function of soils that is not only
decisive for climate regulation but also affects other soil functions. Recent efforts to assess …

Contamination of the environment by pesticide residues is a growing concern given their
widespread presence in the environment and their effects on ecosystems. Only a few studies …

Soils play a key role for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Thus, soils are essential for
human society not only because they form the basis for the production of food. This has long …

Sequestration of atmospheric carbon (C) in soils through improved management of forest
and agricultural land is considered to have high potential for global CO2 mitigation …

Soil organic carbon plays a major role in the global carbon budget, and can act as a source
or a sink of atmospheric carbon, thereby possibly influencing the course of climate change …

Satellite-based soil organic carbon content (SOC) map** over wide regions is generally
hampered by the low soil sampling density and the diversity of soil sampling periods. Some …

National scale emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from agricultural soils are often estimated
using a unique fertilizer-induced emission factor (EF); thereby neglecting how factors other …

Reliable estimations of soil organic carbon (SOC) deficits in agroecosystems are crucial in
evaluating the atmospheric C sequestration potential of agricultural soils and supporting …

Although soils have a high potential to offset CO 2 emissions through its conversion into soil
organic carbon (SOC) with long turnover time, it is widely accepted that there is an upper …