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Our manuscript presents a new web-based software tool to support soil process research. It is designed to categorize publications in this field according to site and soil characteristics as well as experimental conditions, which is of critical importance for the interpretation of the research results. The software tool is provided open access for the soil science community such that anyone can contribute to improve the contents of the literature data base.

The organic P contained 110–630 mg/kg per WECs in soil profile with orthophosphate monoesters and diesters. More negative zeta potential of surface soil colloids suggests the high mobility to the subsoils. The existence of montmorillonite and nontronite promoted the transport of colloidal P. The colloidal P concentrations is 6–37 folds of dissolved reactive P.

Twelve years after the nuclear accident that occurred in Fukushima in March 2011, radioactive contamination remains a major concern in Northeastern Japan. The Japanese authorities completed an unprecedented decontamination programme. The central objective was not to expose local inhabitants to excessive radioactive doses. At the onset of the full reopening of the Difficult-to-Return Zone in 2023, the current review provides an update of a previous synthesis published in 2019.

Afforestation on former pastures affects soil organic carbon (SOC) by alteration of quality and quantity of root and aboveground biomass litter input. Compared with pasture organic matter (OM), forest OM is less decomposable and characterized by increased C:N ratios. It could be expected that long-term afforestation on a centennial scale may have a severe impact on SOC dynamics, an aspect that remains so far unknown as most of the earlier studies focused on successions between 30 and 50 years.