Soils are essential for supporting food production and providing ecosystem services but are
under pressure due to population growth, higher food demand, and land use competition …

Many of the world's soils are experiencing degradation at an alarming rate. Climate change
and some agricultural management practices, such as tillage and excessive use of …

Abstract The new European Green Deal has the ambition to make the European Union the
first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The European Commission presented an ambitious …

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 erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

While agricultural systems are a major pillar in global food security, their productivity is
currently threatened by many environmental issues triggered by anthropogenic climate …

Human appropriation of land for agriculture has greatly altered the terrestrial carbon
balance, creating a large but uncertain carbon debt in soils. Estimating the size and spatial …

Abstract Information on soil loss and sediment export is essential to identify hotspots of soil
erosion to inform conservation interventions in a given watershed. This study investigates …

The health and productivity of global land resources are declining, while demand for those
resources is increasing. The aim of land degradation neutrality (LDN) is to maintain or …

In this FORUM paper we discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted
UN Sustainable Development Goals in the most effective manner. Soil science, as a land …