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Long-Term Organic Inputs Effects on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration in a Temperate Agroecosystem
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Number of EGD strategies addressing soil threats. Source: own elaboration.

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Between Policy Ambition and Legal Fragmentation: Soil Protection in the EU After the European Green Deal
Susanna Paleari
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Known mechanisms of P-solubilisation through PSB inoculation.

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Phosphate-Solubilising Bacteria and the Phosphorus Crisis: Mechanisms, Applications, and Future Prospects
Balkrishna, Verma, Sahu, Kumar Singh & Arya
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Total nitrogen (Total-N) stocks by soil layer and land use in the southeastern Amazon. (A) Stocks in each 100 cm layer; (B) cumulative stocks to 800 cm. Mean values from n = 9 (forest), 5 (deforested), 9 (single crop), 9 (double crop) ± standard error at 0–200 cm. Mean values from n = 7 (forest), 3 (deforested), 7 (single crop), 7 (double crop) ± standard error at 300–800 cm. The same lower-case letters within the same soil layer do not differ by Tukey's test (p > 0.05). nsnon-significant differences according to the ANOVA test (p > 0.05).

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Legacy of Land Use: Deep Soil Nitrogen Accumulation Driven by Deforestation and Agriculture in the Southeastern Amazon.
Popin, de Resende, Siqueira-Neto, Huddell, Jankowski et al.
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Mean weight diameter (MWD) for the different age categories at two soil depths. Letters indicate significant differences within each depth (Tukey HSD, p < 0.05). The Age × Depth interaction was significant (χ2 = 42.88, p < 0.001), indicating age effects between depths. At 0–15 cm, pasture (a) differed significantly from 81 to 160-year woodlands (b); groups sharing letters (ab) did not differ significantly from either. At 15–30 cm, no significant pairwise differences were detected (all groups share letter ‘a’). The violin plots show the probability density of the data; overlaid box plots display the median and interquartile range.

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Long-Term Effects of Woodland Creation on Soil Carbon Stocks and Aggregate Distribution in Central Scotland
Azevedo, Vanguelova, Ashwood et al.
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Thank you to our authors, editors, and readers! Soil Use and Management turns 40—and it’s all thanks to the global soil science community.

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Alpha (left) and beta (right)-multifunctionality. Alpha-multifunctionality is measured by the inverse of the Simpson's diversity index and represents the diversity of soil function supply at the LUCAS locations. Beta-multifunctionality is measured by the total-based dissimilarity between all sites within the NUTS3 region and the LUCAS point. The colours for beta show the unique supply of soil function relative to the NUTS3 supply of functions, between one and five functions. The colours indicate the number of functions supplied at a high level, between one and five functions. The background colour refers to the environmental zones of Metzger et al. (2012).

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Modelling of Soil Multifunctionality Across Europe
Wadoux, Debeljak, Lagacherie & Creamer
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From acidification to soil health, Soil Use and Management has tackled the biggest challenges in soil science. Join us in celebrating four decades of impact!

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N2O emissions from lysimeters over the period of the experiment. (a) Daily N2O fluxes; (b) total N2O emissions. The vertical bars indicate the standard error of the mean (SEM), n = 4. Stars above the bar indicate whether the difference between subsoiling (SS) and non-subsoiling (NS), or between subsoiling + urine (SSU) and non-subsoiling + urine (NSU) (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001).

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Subsoiling Combined With Winter Active Italian Ryegrass Can Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions Without Increasing Nitrate Leaching: Evidence From Lysimeter and Field Plot Trials.
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New Anniversary Editorial Celebrating 40 years of Soil Use and Management! From practical roots to global impact, @sumjournal.bsky.social continues to shape soil science. Explore the journey.

Celebrating 40 years of Soil Use and Management! From practical roots to global impact, Soil Use and Management continues to shape soil science.

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40 years of Soil Use and Management 40 landmark papers. The “40@40” collection showcases the evolution of applied soil research. Discover the highlights.
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📢📢We are delighted that our Special Issue '40@40' celebrating our 40th anniversary is now available. The 40 selected papers and accompanying editorial reflect the changes in applied soil science across our 4 decades of publication📢📢

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The Effect of Long-Term Underlying Management on Soil Faunal Communities of a Newly Established Herbal Ley.

Cannon, Booyse, Murray & Crotty.

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Schematic representation of the relationship between post-normal science with professional consultancy and applied science (adapted from Funtowicz and Ravetz 2003).

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Transdisciplinary Research May Be Hindering Rather Than Fostering Progress and Policy-Making: Discussion With Examples in Soil Research.
Philippe C. Baveye
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How a Decade of Different Tillage Intensity Influences Yield Response to Seasonal Weather Variations.
Cannon & Rial-Lovera
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Heat map illustrating the effectiveness of various soil management practices in terms of soil organic carbon (SOC) enhancement, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and their aggregated practice impact coefficient (PIC). Pale yellow cells indicate ‘no data available for scoring’.

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A Critical Review of Regenerative Soil Management: A Novel Scoring System for SOC and GHG Emissions in Southeast Asia
Udomkun, Rupngam, Müller, Masso, Boonupara & Kaewlom
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Schematic of temporal dynamics of topsoil structure and hydrology: (a) post-tillage, (b) post-flood, and (c) vegetated. The middle circle represents the soil water retention potential.

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Spatial and Temporal Variations in Arable Soil Structure and Hydrology Affect the Functioning of Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation
Roberts, Wilkinson, Geris & Hallett
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New field test shows how farming reshapes underground life - A simple research tool links soil pore networks to respiration, offering fresh insights into soil health.

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(Left) Unsegmented image and (right) the corresponding segmented image.

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3D Image-Based Pore-Network Simulations to Analyse Soil Pore Architecture Variations due to Wetting and Drying Cycles
Pires, Lin & Ghanbarian
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📢New paper: Innovative field macropore test can accurately track soil health. Infiltration matched with X-ray scans and measurements of soil respiration reliably captures differences in soil structure and function.
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Change in Soil Macroporosity With Land Use and Its Effect on Soil Respiration Soil macropores were intensively studied in the 1990s for their role in preferential flow. The renewed interest in macropores is their influence on soil organic carbon dynamics. A common method for m...

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Predictions of changes in total soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in mineral soil (thick lines, coefficients and p values from Figure 4c) and peat soil (thin lines, coefficients and p-values from Figure 4b) along the chronosequence, at sites with low (orange lines) or high (solid blue lines) topographic wetness index (TWI). Total SOC was calculated at: (a) fixed depth of 60 cm, (b) fixed soil mass of 200 kg m−2, and (c) fixed ash mass of 200 kg m−2. Low and high TWI correspond to the first and third quartile of all the TWI values (5.23 and 11.73, respectively). Dotted, dashed and solid lines respectively indicate that the TSC effect was not significant (p > 0.1), marginally significant (0.05 < p < 0.1), or significant (p < 0.05).

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Long-term #soil organic carbon changes after cropland conversion to grazed grassland in Southern Sweden.
Johansson, Livsey, Guasconi et al.
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Change in Soil Macroporosity With Land Use and Its Effect on Soil Respiration
Rickard, Zhang, Hossain, Mooney, Crawford, Neal & Whalley
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