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The EU Soil Strategy 2030 aims to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural land to enhance soil health and support biodiversity as well as to offset greenhouse...

The EU is an example of investment in soil research, overall soil health and sustainable soil management, a JRC review of 40 years of EU-funded soil research shows. Find...

A study on the diversity of soil eukaryotes - cell organisms containing a nucleus - shows the ecosystem type is pivotal driver of soil biodiversity. Agricultural soils are...

Published in Nature Communications by JRC and partner scientists from other organisations, this study represents the largest European soil biodiversity assessment. It is based on measured DNA and soil...

New study looking into drivers of soil biodiversity finds that a higher richness and diversity of soil bacteria and fungi - detected in more disturbed areas, such as croplands...

A novel soil health dashboard within the EU Soil Observatory highlights the location and estimates the extent of unhealthy soils in the EU, as well as the degradation processes behind them....

EU-wide harmonised soil datasets and a novel methodology are among the main features of the soil health dashboard, a new tool of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO), developed...

This study is a compilation of evidence to support the development of a soil component for a JRC Science for Policy Report on the “Status of Environment and Climate in the Western Balkans”. This document attempts to benchmark a range...

The scope of this document is to provide a synthesis of the achievements of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) during its first year of existence. The EUSO aims to become the principal provider of reference...