Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

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 …

Factors driving microbial community composition and diversity are well established but the
relationship with microbial functioning is poorly understood, especially at large scales. We …

Despite significant progress in increasing agricultural production, meeting the changing
dietary preferences and increasing food demands of future populations remain significant …

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 …

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 …

Soil biodiversity plays a key role in regulating the processes that underpin the delivery of
ecosystem goods and services in terrestrial ecosystems. Agricultural intensification is known …

Intensive land use reduces the diversity and abundance of many soil biota, with
consequences for the processes that they govern and the ecosystem services that these …

Since soil biodiversity sustains above-ground life, the European Union (EU) has recently
announced its new Soil Strategy to better protect soil ecosystems as part of the Biodiversity …

Biodiversity on Earth is strongly affected by human alterations to the environment. The
majority of studies have considered aboveground biodiversity, yet little is known about …