The extent and causes of chemical, physical and biological degradation of , and of loss, vary greatly in different countries in Western . The objective of this review paper is to examine these issues and also strategies for protection and future perspectives for quality evaluation, in light of present legislation aimed at protection. Agriculture and forestry are ...
contamination is one of the greatest concerns among the threats to resources and globally. Despite of its importance there was only very course scale (1/5000 km 2) data available on heavy metal concentrations prior to the LUCAS topsoil survey, which had a sampling density of 200 km 2. Based on the results of the LUCAS ...
A challenge for the 21st century Environmental issue series No 16 Cover design and layout: Schultz Grafisk Legal notice Neither the Environment Agency or UNEP nor any person or company acting on behalf of them, is responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained in this report. Where are the " hot spots " of degradation ?
We find that extreme heatwaves in the GSI pattern are connected to continental and Northern moisture anomalies. ... of 2010: redrawing the temperature record map of . 332 ...
quality both increases crop production and improves resilience to climate change. Food demand is increasing, while climate change is impacting the magnitude and stability of crop yields. High ...
Analysis of P status was carried out with the model based on clay and pH (Fig. 3) since it was not easy to find reliable and current information on average annual rainfall at all sampling points of the LUCAS project. Additionally, rainfall is the most changeable predictive factor, and annual variation can be significant in ...
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While semi-quantitative information on type at medium spatial scale (around 1:100,000) are widely available across , fine-scale information and physical properties such as available water capacity (AWC) are scarce, especially for forests (Baltensweiler et al., 2021). In this regard, the East German Survey System provided a ...
The topic Healthy Soils is a key element of the Strategy. This first edition of the Healthy Soils Conference Series addressed the relevance of healthy soils and fertility as prerequisite for a functioning society, environment, economy, and climate. The 3-day conference aims to brought together scientists, along ...
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By using a biochemistry-erosion model framework, Lugato et al. (2018) quantified the impact of the future climate in the C cycle at a scale and concluded that erosion is unlikely to be a future carbon sink . erosion modellers face also the challenge to propose to policy makers specific guidelines to reduce ...
In this paper, we describe the WWW-based metadatabase, which is a product of this project. The database holds detailed records of 110 long-term organic matter experiments, giving a wide geographical coverage of , and includes experiments from the part of the former Soviet Union, many of which have not been available previously.
The Data Centre (ESDAC) is the thematic centre for related data . Its ambition is to be the single reference point for and to host all relevant data and information at level. It contains a number of resources that are organized and presented in various ways: datasets, services/applications, maps ...
This study uses 21,682 samples from the LUCAS topsoil survey to investigate copper distribution in the soils of 25 Union (EU) Member States. Generalized Linear Models (GLM) were used to investigate the factors driving copper distribution in EU soils. Regression analysis shows the importance of topsoil properties, land cover and ...
The EU strategy for 2030 sets out a framework and concrete measures to protect and restore soils, and ensure that they are used sustainably. It sets a vision and objectives to achieve healthy soils by 2050, with concrete actions by 2030. It also announces a new Health Law by 2023 to ensure a level playing field and a high level of ...
Releasing the microbiome’s potential to restore soils. By Carlos de Rojas. June 6, 2022 - Updated on June 21, 2022. 9 minutes. For decades, has been treated as an everlasting food machine rather than as a fragile living thing, and it is reaching a crisis point. Understanding how the microbiome interacts with the environment ...
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grasslands, topsoil carbon storage in MAOM saturates at ~50 g C kg −1 , beyond which the additional increase in SOC storage completely depends upon accrual in POM . Currently, most grasslands (80%) are below saturation, indicating a large capacity for SOC sequestration in their topsoils ( 11 ).
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erosion is mainly a natural process, occurring over geological time, but its rate has been significantly increased by human activities. The Commission's Thematic Strategy for Protection declares that erosion is a major threat to resources of .
1 INTRODUCTION. The topic of has been back on the Union (EU) agenda for a few years now. After the failure of the Directive proposal establishing a framework for the protection of and its withdrawal by the EU Commission on 24 April 2014, concerns about soils in the EU have gained a new momentum thanks to the dynamics created by the EU Green Deal (Panagos et al., 2022).
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1. Introduction. The increasing and uncontrolled plastic production in recent decades results in considerable pollution in the environment. According to the statistics of Plastics- (2018), the annual production of plastic in 2017 now exceeded 348 million tons, and this is assessed that by the year of 2050, the annual plastics production could be increased up to 33 billion tones globally ...
Environmental quality is a major political concern and. the important role of the is widely recognized. However, . still has an important role to play in translating ...
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erosion by water is one of the major threats to soils in the Union, with a negative impact on ecosystem services, crop production, drinking water and carbon stocks. The Commission’s Thematic Strategy has identified erosion as a relevant issue for the Union, and has proposed an approach to monitor ...
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Description: This dataset includes the past reconstruction of erosion rates (incuding UK, Switzerland and Western balkans). The data provided have are aggregated per decade starting from 1860. The erosion change is driven by changes in land use and rainfall erosivity. The simulations have been done using the CE-DYNAM model.
Impacts of salinization caused by sea level rise on the biological processes of coastal soils - A review. S. Mazhar E. Pellegrini M. Contin C. Bravo M. De Nobili. Environmental . Frontiers in Environmental . 2022. salinization caused by sea level rise threatens coastal agricultural soils and geochemically important wetlands ...
In the 10 Albarella + 10 Caleri samples, the microplastic content was also investigated. The survey methodology was as follows [76]: ca. 2 g sample + 10 mL 15% H 2 O 2 ; 5 min ultrasonic bath ...
Release Date: 1/9/2015. by water is one of the major threats to soils in the Union, with a negative impact on ecosystem services, crop production, drinking water and carbon stocks. The Commission’s Thematic Strategy has identified as a relevant issue for the Union, and has proposed an ...
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Here, we conducted a systematic analysis of metal contamination urban soils based on 174 peer-reviewed studies spanning 143 urban sites and 29 countries. The results show that reporting of data on urban metals is highly heterogeneous across the study area. Over half of all studies are from only five countries (Italy ...
The ‘Land Use/Cover Area frame statistical Survey ’ (LUCAS ) is an. extensive and regular topsoil surv ey that is carried out across the Union to derive policy-relev ant ...
Abstract. In the 2022 summer, western–central and several other regions in the northern extratropics experienced substantial moisture deficits in the wake of precipitation shortages and elevated temperatures. Much of has not witnessed a more severe drought since at least the mid-20th century, raising the question whether this is a manifestation of our warming climate ...
with special focus on [J]. AIMS Environmental , 2020, 7(2): 174-191. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2020011 Katharina Meixner, Mona Kubiczek, Ines Fritz.
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The covariates were obtained from Data Centre (ESDAC) (Panagos et al., 2012, Panagos et al., 2013a, Panagos et al., 2013b) and the study by Ballabio et al. (2016) (Table 3). The Geographical Database of Eurasia at scale 1:1,000,000 is part of the Information System (EUSIS).