Renaturation on the Loess Plateau: significant increase in soil organic carbon under different soil types over two decades
Available online 12 August 2025
Following implementation of the Grain to Green Project (GTGP), various studies have attempted to analyze the impact of renaturation on soil organic carbon (SOC) content and regional C sequestration,...
Carbon sequestration in Australian Vertisols under conservation agriculture – Facts and public perception
Available online 9 August 2025
Conservation agriculture (CA) is a complex farming system that combines types of no-tillage with crop sequencing and harvest residue management. One of the main characteristics is an assumption of inevitable...
Assessing the impact of residue cover on hillslope soil loss in the Midwest US: insights from the daily erosion project modeling framework
Available online 9 August 2025
Designing regionally resilient cropping systems requires understanding the interactions of multiple factors important to crop production and soil erosion-susceptibility both spatially and temporally....
Endmember spectral variability and index determination for retrieving fractional vegetation cover in the Loess Plateau
Available online 8 August 2025
Accurate remote sensing retrieval of fractional vegetation cover (FVC) of photosynthetic vegetation (PV) and non-photosynthetic vegetation (NPV) is essential for assessing regional soil erosion. However,...
Distribution patterns of SOC fractions and mineralization on sloping erosion-prone farmland in the Black Soil Region
Available online 8 August 2025
Soil organic carbon (SOC), primarily accumulated in the surface layers of sloping farmland, experiences disrupted distribution due to soil erosion, affecting its lateral transport and vertical sequestration....
An evaluation of conservation tillage based on long-term experiments in winter crop rotations in NE Spain
Available online 7 August 2025
This study evaluates yields and water use efficiency from a productive and economic perspective under different tillage systems in semiarid Mediterranean conditions. Three long-term experiments, initiated...
Understanding dispersion effects on soil detachment by overland flow: Insights from desiccated cracks flume simulations
Available online 7 August 2025
Soil erosion, primarily driven by water in tropical regions, poses significant environmental challenges. While previous research has highlighted the influence of soil properties and hydrodynamic parameters...
A data-driven impact evaluation of nutrient input reduction on wheat yields across Europe
Available online 28 July 2025
The European Union (EU) is one of the largest cereal producers in the world, with wheat covering around one-third of its agricultural area. Sustainable soil management has been put as a key point of...
Subsoil tillage and straw mulching are synergistic for long-term improvement of soil carbon and structural characteristics
Available online 25 July 2025
Subsoil tillage (S) improves the stability and quality of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil structure. Combining straw mulching with subsoil tillage (SS) may further improve soil physical and biogeochemical...
Effect of government regulation on promotion of soil restoration practices among farmers in the Loess plateau: Unveiling the role of green ecological cognition
Available online 23 July 2025
Soil remediation practices by farmers are crucial for improving soil quality and ensuring stable agricultural production. To analyze the factors influencing these practices, we surveyed 403 farmers...
Soil degradation: An integrated model of the causes and drivers
Available online 21 July 2025
Soil plays a critical role in seven existential challenges that threaten sustainable development of human society. However, despite this integrative role, humans generally focus on the use of soil to...
Integrated organochemical – Microbial solutions remediate degraded saline-sodic soils
Available online 19 July 2025
Projections of global population growth underscore the urgent need to restore degraded saline-sodic soils to meet rising demands for food, feed, and fiber. This study evaluated the individual and combined...
Response of soil erosion and non-point source pollution to different rainfall, vegetation and land preparation measures in Miyun reservoir area during 2010–2023
Available online 16 July 2025
Soil erosion and non-point source pollution are critical global environmental issues, with profound implications for ecosystems, agricultural productivity, and water quality. These problems are especially...
Spatial variations in runoff, sediment, and nutrient losses induced by toposequence and biochar application in upland maize farming
Available online 14 July 2025
Soil erosion is a natural process that can be intensified by inappropriate land use and agricultural practices. Therefore, it is essential to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of agro-ecological...
Fingerprinting using compound-specific δ13C of n-alkanes reveals the temporary role of paddy fields as a secondary source for watershed sediment loss
Available online 9 July 2025
Fingerprinting generates reliable sediment provenance information which supports devising policy or practical strategies for soil conservation and sediment management, but it remains challenging in...
Incorporating rocky desertification characteristic into soil erosion modeling in karst regions aligns better with regional conditions
Available online 9 July 2025
The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) is the most widely used soil erosion modeling method worldwide. The karst regions, influenced by geological conditions and human activities, feature...
Assessing Plant Soil Water Availability in Drought Conditions: A Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Minimum Tillage, Example from Slovenia
Available online 5 July 2025
Tillage systems, such as conventional tillage (CT) and minimum tillage (MT), with reduced tillage and incorporation of surface crop residues, lead to changes in soil properties, including organic matter...
Assessing soil erosion vulnerability using a novel capacity–condition framework (CCF): A case study from New South Wales, Australia
Available online 5 July 2025
Soil water erosion is a major threat to long-term soil sustainability. However, challenges remain in capturing how both natural and human-induced erosion processes interact over space and time to influence...
Modeling runoff and sediment yield at the event scale in semiarid watersheds
Available online 4 July 2025
K2-RHEM, a recently integrated event-based rangeland watershed model, represents one of the few process-based models available for rangeland applications. However, to gain wider acceptance and demonstrate...
The passive microwave remote sensing in soil moisture retrieval: Products, models, applications and challenges
Available online 3 July 2025
Soil moisture (SM) is a pivotal component of the global water cycle and a critical environmental parameter in terrestrial carbon cycling, significantly influencing energy exchange, vegetation dynamics,...
Straw incorporation regulates rill erosion processes: Revealing multi-timescale hysteresis between runoff and sediment concentration in brown soil
Available online 1 July 2025
The rill erosion process in sloping farmland after straw incorporation is different from that under traditional tillage, including complex variations and hysteresis in runoff and sediment concentration....
Improving SOC estimation in low-relief farmlands using time-series crop spectral variables and harmonic component variables based on minimum sample size
June 2025
Efficiently monitoring Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) in farmlands is crucial for environmental and agricultural sustainability. Currently, crop spectral variables are primarily employed to estimate SOC...
Heavy metal(loid)s migration mechanisms during soil erosion: A systematic quantitative review
June 2025
Heavy metal(loid)s migration occurs in both particulate and dissolved forms during soil erosion, but it is unclear which form is dominant and which factors affect it. Thus, a quantitative synthesis...
The effects of armed conflict on natural resources and conservation measures in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
June 2025
A heavy armed conflict erupted in Tigray region of Ethiopia in 2020, and the crisis continued up to 2022. This study investigates the impacts of this crisis on the status of natural resources, and Soil...