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...
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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...
The overall goal was to investigate how IACS input data could be fed in fate and transport models that describe pesticide levels in soils. The hypothesis was...
With a global food crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine, the intensification of climate change and many countries at risk of debt distress, Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships...
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...
The European Environment Agency (EEA) "Soil monitoring report" presents a comprehensive set of common indicators to assess soil health as well as risk-based thresholds to inform protection...