08 Jan 2025
Large errors in soil carbon measurements attributed to inconsistent sample processing
Rebecca J. Even, Megan B. Machmuller, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Tamara J. Zelikova, and M. Francesca Cotrufo
SOIL, 11, 17–34, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-17-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-17-2025, 2025 | 4,683 views
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06 Dec 2024
Soil is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
Peter M. Kopittke, Ram C. Dalal, Brigid A. McKenna, Pete Smith, Peng Wang, Zhe Weng, Frederik J. T. van der Bom, and Neal W. Menzies
SOIL, 10, 873–885, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-873-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-873-2024, 2024 | 3,257 views
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09 Apr 2025
Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus amendments on CO2 and CH4 production in peat soils of Scotty Creek, Northwest Territories: potential considerations for wildfire and permafrost thaw impacts on peatland carbon exchanges
Eunji Byun, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Stephanie Slowinski, Christina Lam, Saraswati Bhusal, Stephanie Wright, William L. Quinton, Kara L. Webster, and Philippe Van Cappellen
SOIL, 11, 309–321, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-309-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-309-2025, 2025 | 2,513 views
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10 Oct 2024
Diachronic assessment of soil organic C and N dynamics under long-term no-till cropping systems in the tropical upland of Cambodia
Vira Leng, Rémi Cardinael, Florent Tivet, Vang Seng, Phearum Mark, Pascal Lienhard, Titouan Filloux, Johan Six, Lyda Hok, Stéphane Boulakia, Clever Briedis, João Carlos de Moraes Sá, and Laurent Thuriès
SOIL, 10, 699–725, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-699-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-699-2024, 2024 | 2,222 views
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24 Oct 2024
Advancing studies on global biocrust distribution
Siqing Wang, Li Ma, Liping Yang, Yali Ma, Yafeng Zhang, Changming Zhao, and Ning Chen
SOIL, 10, 763–778, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-763-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-763-2024, 2024 | 2,210 views
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14 Oct 2024
The impact of agriculture on tropical mountain soils in the western Peruvian Andes: a pedo-geoarchaeological study of terrace agricultural systems in the Laramate region (14.5° S)
Fernando Leceta, Christoph Binder, Christian Mader, Bertil Mächtle, Erik Marsh, Laura Dietrich, Markus Reindel, Bernhard Eitel, and Julia Meister
SOIL, 10, 727–761, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-727-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-727-2024, 2024 | 2,170 views
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03 Jan 2025
Interactions of fertilisation and crop productivity in soil nitrogen cycle microbiome and gas emissions
Laura Kuusemets, Ülo Mander, Jordi Escuer-Gatius, Alar Astover, Karin Kauer, Kaido Soosaar, and Mikk Espenberg
SOIL, 11, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-1-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-1-2025, 2025 | 2,166 views
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12 Nov 2024
Investigating the complementarity of thermal and physical soil organic carbon fractions
Amicie A. Delahaie, Lauric Cécillon, Marija Stojanova, Samuel Abiven, Pierre Arbelet, Dominique Arrouays, François Baudin, Antonio Bispo, Line Boulonne, Claire Chenu, Jussi Heinonsalo, Claudy Jolivet, Kristiina Karhu, Manuel Martin, Lorenza Pacini, Christopher Poeplau, Céline Ratié, Pierre Roudier, Nicolas P. A. Saby, Florence Savignac, and Pierre Barré
SOIL, 10, 795–812, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-795-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-795-2024, 2024 | 2,072 views
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09 Dec 2024
Trapnell's Upper Valley soils of Zambia: the production of an integrated understanding of geomorphology, pedology, ecology, and land use
Nalumino L. Namwanyi, Maurice J. Hutton, Ikabongo Mukumbuta, Lydia M. Chabala, Clarence Chongo, Stalin Sichinga, and R. Murray Lark
SOIL, 10, 887–911, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-887-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-887-2024, 2024 | 2,051 views
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24 Jan 2025
Closing the phenotyping gap with non-invasive belowground field phenotyping
Guillaume Blanchy, Waldo Deroo, Tom De Swaef, Peter Lootens, Paul Quataert, Isabel Roldán-Ruíz, Roelof Versteeg, and Sarah Garré
SOIL, 11, 67–84, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-67-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-67-2025, 2025 | 1,963 views
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05 May 2025
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Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research
Sajjad Raza, Hannah V. Cooper, Nicholas T. Girkin, Matthew S. Kent, Malcolm J. Bennett, Sacha J. Mooney, and Tino Colombi
SOIL, 11, 363–369, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-363-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-363-2025, 2025 | 1,926 views
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16 Jan 2025
Comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying–rewetting cycles among Japanese forests and pastureland soils and exploring predictors of increasing magnitude
Yuri Suzuki, Syuntaro Hiradate, Jun Koarashi, Mariko Atarashi-Andoh, Takumi Yomogida, Yuki Kanda, and Hirohiko Nagano
SOIL, 11, 35–49, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-35-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-35-2025, 2025 | 1,902 views
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11 Feb 2025
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of soil respiration in a bare-soil Mediterranean olive grove
Sergio Aranda-Barranco, Penélope Serrano-Ortiz, Andrew S. Kowalski, and Enrique P. Sánchez-Cañete
SOIL, 11, 213–232, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-213-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-213-2025, 2025 | 1,877 views
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20 Sep 2024
Depth extrapolation of field-scale soil moisture time series derived with cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) using the soil moisture analytical relationship (SMAR) model
Daniel Rasche, Theresa Blume, and Andreas Güntner
SOIL, 10, 655–677, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-655-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-655-2024, 2024 | 1,865 views
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05 Feb 2025
Depth dependence of soil organic carbon additional storage capacity in different soil types by the 2050 target for carbon neutrality
Clémentine Chirol, Geoffroy Séré, Paul-Olivier Redon, Claire Chenu, and Delphine Derrien
SOIL, 11, 149–174, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-149-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-149-2025, 2025 | 1,833 views
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20 May 2025
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Calcium is associated with specific soil organic carbon decomposition products
Mike C. Rowley, Jasquelin Pena, Matthew A. Marcus, Rachel Porras, Elaine Pegoraro, Cyrill Zosso, Nicholas O. E. Ofiti, Guido L. B. Wiesenberg, Michael W. I. Schmidt, Margaret S. Torn, and Peter S. Nico
SOIL, 11, 381–388, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-381-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-381-2025, 2025 | 1,713 views
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12 Jun 2025
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Using 3D observations with high spatio-temporal resolution to calibrate and evaluate a process-focused cellular automaton model of soil erosion by water
Anette Eltner, David Favis-Mortlock, Oliver Grothum, Martin Neumann, Tomáš Laburda, and Petr Kavka
SOIL, 11, 413–434, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-413-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-413-2025, 2025 | 1,656 views
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05 Nov 2024
Moderate N fertilizer reduction with straw return modulates cropland functions and microbial traits in a meadow soil
Yan Duan, Minghui Cao, Wenling Zhong, Yuming Wang, Zheng Ni, Mengxia Zhang, Jiangye Li, Yumei Li, Xianghai Meng, and Lifang Wu
SOIL, 10, 779–794, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-779-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-779-2024, 2024 | 1,638 views
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12 Mar 2025
Impacts of soil storage on microbial parameters
Nathalie Fromin
SOIL, 11, 247–265, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-247-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-247-2025, 2025 | 1,635 views
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04 Feb 2025
Biochar reduces early-stage mineralization rates of plant residues more in coarse-textured soils than in fine-textured soils – an artificial-soil approach
Thiago M. Inagaki, Simon Weldon, Franziska B. Bucka, Eva Farkas, and Daniel P. Rasse
SOIL, 11, 141–147, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-141-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-141-2025, 2025 | 1,627 views
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30 Jan 2025
Soil organic carbon mineralization is controlled by the application dose of exogenous organic matter
Orly Mendoza, Stefaan De Neve, Heleen Deroo, Haichao Li, Astrid Françoys, and Steven Sleutel
SOIL, 11, 105–119, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-105-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-105-2025, 2025 | 1,593 views
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11 Feb 2025
Experimental drought and soil amendments affect grassland above- and belowground vegetation but not soil carbon stocks
Daniela Guasconi, Sara A. O. Cousins, Stefano Manzoni, Nina Roth, and Gustaf Hugelius
SOIL, 11, 233–246, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-233-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-233-2025, 2025 | 1,535 views
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04 Dec 2024
Freeze–thaw processes correspond to the protection–loss of soil organic carbon through regulating pore structure of aggregates in alpine ecosystems
Ruizhe Wang and Xia Hu
SOIL, 10, 859–871, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-859-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-859-2024, 2024 | 1,521 views
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10 Sep 2025
Benchmarking soil multifunctionality
E. R. Jasper Wubs
SOIL, 11, 609–628, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-609-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-609-2025, 2025 | 1,520 views
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08 Apr 2025
Mapping near-real-time soil moisture dynamics over Tasmania with transfer learning
Marliana Tri Widyastuti, José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, Mathew Webb, Muh Taufik, and Darren Kidd
SOIL, 11, 287–307, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-287-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-287-2025, 2025 | 1,454 views
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06 Feb 2025
Status and influential factors of soil nutrients and acidification in Chinese tea plantations: a meta-analysis
Dan Wang, Benjuan Liu, Fei Li, Zhihui Wang, Jianfeng Hou, Rui Cao, Yuqian Zheng, and Wanqin Yang
SOIL, 11, 175–191, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-175-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-175-2025, 2025 | 1,424 views
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10 Feb 2025
Effects of moss restoration on surface runoff and initial soil erosion in a temperate vineyard
Corinna Gall, Silvana Oldenburg, Martin Nebel, Thomas Scholten, and Steffen Seitz
SOIL, 11, 199–212, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-199-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-199-2025, 2025 | 1,415 views
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04 Dec 2024
Uncovering soil compaction: performance of electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods
Alberto Carrera, Luca Peruzzo, Matteo Longo, Giorgio Cassiani, and Francesco Morari
SOIL, 10, 843–857, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-843-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-843-2024, 2024 | 1,402 views
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03 Jun 2025
Soil contamination in arid environments and assessment of remediation applying surface evaporation capacitor model: a case study from the Judean Desert, Israel
Rotem Golan, Ittai Gavrieli, Roee Katzir, Galit Sharabi, and Uri Nachshon
SOIL, 11, 395–412, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-395-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-395-2025, 2025 | 1,367 views
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17 Jul 2025
Interplay of coprecipitation and adsorption processes: deciphering amorphous mineral–organic associations under both forest and cropland conditions
Floriane Jamoteau, Emmanuel Doelsch, Nithavong Cam, Clément Levard, Thierry Woignier, Adrien Boulineau, Francois Saint-Antonin, Sufal Swaraj, Ghislain Gassier, Adrien Duvivier, Daniel Borschneck, Marie-Laure Pons, Perrine Chaurand, Vladimir Vidal, Nicolas Brouilly, and Isabelle Basile-Doelsch
SOIL, 11, 535–552, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-535-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-535-2025, 2025 | 1,348 views
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27 Nov 2024
Impact of crop type on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a rewetted cultivated peatland
Kristiina Lång, Henri Honkanen, Jaakko Heikkinen, Sanna Saarnio, Tuula Larmola, and Hanna Kekkonen
SOIL, 10, 827–841, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-827-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-827-2024, 2024 | 1,321 views
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30 Sep 2024
Insights into the prediction uncertainty of machine-learning-based digital soil mapping through a local attribution approach
Jeremy Rohmer, Stephane Belbeze, and Dominique Guyonnet
SOIL, 10, 679–697, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-679-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-679-2024, 2024 | 1,307 views
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14 May 2025
Gradual drying of permafrost peat decreases carbon dioxide production in drier peat plateaus but not in wetter fens and bogs
Aelis Spiller, Cynthia M. Kallenbach, Melanie S. Burnett, David Olefeldt, Christopher Schulze, Roxane Maranger, and Peter M. J. Douglas
SOIL, 11, 371–379, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-371-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-371-2025, 2025 | 1,296 views
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14 Jan 2025
Mixed Signals: interpreting mixing patterns of different soil bioturbation processes through luminescence and numerical modelling
W. Marijn van der Meij, Svenja Riedesel, and Tony Reimann
SOIL, 11, 51–66, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-51-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-51-2025, 2025 | 1,267 views
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27 Jan 2025
Effect of colloidal particle size on physicochemical properties and aggregation behaviors of two alkaline soils
Yuyang Yan, Xinran Zhang, Chenyang Xu, Junjun Liu, Feinan Hu, and Zengchao Geng
SOIL, 11, 85–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-85-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-85-2025, 2025 | 1,252 views
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19 Nov 2024
Soil organic matter interactions along the elevation gradient of the James Ross Island (Antarctica)
Vítězslav Vlček, David Juřička, Martin Valtera, Helena Dvořáčková, Vojtěch Štulc, Michaela Bednaříková, Jana Šimečková, Peter Váczi, Miroslav Pohanka, Pavel Kapler, Miloš Barták, and Vojtěch Enev
SOIL, 10, 813–826, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-813-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-813-2024, 2024 | 1,251 views
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16 Jun 2025
Methane oxidation potential of soils in a rubber plantation in Thailand affected by fertilization
Jun Murase, Kannika Sajjaphan, Chatprawee Dechjiraratthanasiri, Ornuma Duangngam, Rawiwan Chotiphan, Wutthida Rattanapichai, Wakana Azuma, Makoto Shibata, Poonpipope Kasemsap, and Daniel Epron
SOIL, 11, 457–466, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-457-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-457-2025, 2025 | 1,244 views
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28 Apr 2025
Cr(VI) reduction, electricity production, and microbial resistance variation in paddy soil under microbial fuel cell operation
Huan Niu, Can Wang, Xia Luo, Peihan Li, Hang Qiu, Liyue Jiang, Subati Maimaitiaili, Minghui Wu, Fei Xu, and Heng Xu
SOIL, 11, 323–338, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-323-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-323-2025, 2025 | 1,237 views
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14 Jul 2025
Measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes in agricultural soils with a flexible, open-design automated system
Samuel Franco-Luesma, María Alonso-Ayuso, Benjamin Wolf, Borja Latorre, and Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes
SOIL, 11, 523–533, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-523-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-523-2025, 2025 | 1,223 views
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08 Jul 2025
Evaluating N2O emissions and carbon sequestration in temperate croplands with cover crops: insights from field trials
Victoria Nasser, René Dechow, Mirjam Helfrich, Ana Meijide, Pauline Sophie Rummel, Heinz-Josef Koch, Reiner Ruser, Lisa Essich, and Klaus Dittert
SOIL, 11, 489–506, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-489-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-489-2025, 2025 | 1,209 views
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31 Jan 2025
The effect of groundwater depth on topsoil organic matter mineralization during a simulated dry summer in northwestern Europe
Astrid Françoys, Orly Mendoza, Junwei Hu, Pascal Boeckx, Wim Cornelis, Stefaan De Neve, and Steven Sleutel
SOIL, 11, 121–140, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-121-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-121-2025, 2025 | 1,116 views
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13 Aug 2025
Portable X-ray fluorescence as a tool for urban soil contamination analysis: accuracy, precision, and practicality
Eriell M. Jenkins, John Galbraith, and Anna A. Paltseva
SOIL, 11, 565–582, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-565-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-565-2025, 2025 | 1,104 views
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01 Apr 2025
Assessing soil fertilization effects using time-lapse electromagnetic induction
Manuela S. Kaufmann, Anja Klotzsche, Jan van der Kruk, Anke Langen, Harry Vereecken, and Lutz Weihermüller
SOIL, 11, 267–285, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-267-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-267-2025, 2025 | 1,092 views
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22 Jul 2025
Using Monte Carlo conformal prediction to evaluate the uncertainty of deep-learning soil spectral models
Yin-Chung Huang, José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, and Alex B. McBratney
SOIL, 11, 553–563, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-553-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-553-2025, 2025 | 1,088 views
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11 Jul 2025
Rubber plant root properties induce contrasting soil aggregate stability through cohesive force and reduced land degradation risk in southern China
Waqar Ali, Amani Milinga, Tao Luo, Mohammad Nauman Khan, Asad Shah, Khurram Shehzad, Qiu Yang, Huai Yang, Wenxing Long, and Wenjie Liu
SOIL, 11, 507–521, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-507-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-507-2025, 2025 | 1,022 views
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06 Feb 2025
On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023)
José Paruelo, Luis López-Mársico, Pablo Baldassini, Felipe Lezama, Bruno Bazzoni, Luciana Staiano, Agustin Nuñez, Anaclara Guido, Cecilia Ríos, Andrea Tommasino, Federico Gallego, Fabiana Pezzani, Gonzalo Camba Sans, Andrés Quincke, Santiago Baeza, Gervasio Piñeiro, and Walter Baethgen
SOIL, 11, 193–198, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-193-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-193-2025, 2025 | 999 views
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04 Jul 2025
A quantitative assessment of the behavior of metallic elements in urban soils exposed to industrial dusts near Dunkerque (northern France)
Marine Casetta, Sylvie Philippe, Lucie Courcot, David Dumoulin, Gabriel Billon, François Baudin, Françoise Henry, Michaël Hermoso, and Jacinthe Caillaud
SOIL, 11, 467–488, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-467-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-467-2025, 2025 | 994 views
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29 Apr 2025
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The clay mineralogy rather than the clay content determines radiocaesium adsorption in soils on a global scale
Margot Vanheukelom, Nina Haenen, Talal Almahayni, Lieve Sweeck, Nancy Weyns, May Van Hees, and Erik Smolders
SOIL, 11, 339–362, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-339-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-339-2025, 2025 | 983 views
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21 May 2025
Isotopic exchangeability reveals that soil phosphate is mobilised by carboxylate anions, whereas acidification had the reverse effect
Siobhan Staunton and Chiara Pistocchi
SOIL, 11, 389–394, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-389-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-389-2025, 2025 | 980 views
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28 Jan 2025
Organic pollutant oxidation on manganese oxides in soils – the role of calcite indicated by geoelectrical and chemical analyses
Sonya S. Altzitser, Yael G. Mishael, and Nimrod Schwartz
SOIL, 11, 95–104, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-95-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-95-2025, 2025 | 891 views
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