Abstract The European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), hosted by the European Commission's
Joint Research Centre (JRC), is the focal point for soil data, support to policy making and …

Soils provide crucial ecosystem services such as the provision of food, carbon sequestration
and water purification. Soil is the largest terrestrial pool of carbon, hosts more than 25% of …

Soil pollution levels can be quantified via sampling and experimental analysis; however,
sampling is performed at discrete points with long distances owing to limited funding and …

Abstract [eng] Our paper reviews the current understanding of mercury in the environment of
soil and sediment, including sampling, mobilization phases and analyzing methods. As a …

Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring element that can accumulate in the soil through the
application of fertilisers containing cadmium and as a waste of industrial processes …

Mercury (Hg) is one of the most dangerous pollutants worldwide. In the European Union
(EU), we recently estimated the Hg distribution in topsoil using 21,591 samples and a series …

Abstract The topsoil Land Use and Cover Area frame Statistical survey (LUCAS) aims at
collecting harmonised data about the state of soil health over the extent of European Union …

Soil stores a large amount of mercury (Hg) that has adverse effects on human health and
ecosystem safety. Significant uncertainties still exist in revealing environmental drivers of …

Zinc (Zn) is essential to sustain crop production and human health, while it can be toxic
when present in excess. In this manuscript, we applied a machine learning model on 21,682 …

Land degradation is a complex socio-environmental threat, which generally occurs as
multiple concurrent pathways that remain largely unexplored in Europe. Here we present an …