Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review

S Chen, D Arrouays, VL Mulder, L Poggio, B Minasny… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Soils are essential for supporting food production and providing ecosystem services but are
under pressure due to population growth, higher food demand, and land use competition …

Digital mapping of heavy metals in urban soils: A review and research challenges

T Shi, L He, R Wang, Z Li, Z Hu, G Wu - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in urban soil is one of the global environmental problems, and
monitoring its spatial distribution can provide basic data for assessing and managing the …

Decipher soil organic carbon dynamics and driving forces across China using machine learning

H Li, Y Wu, S Liu, J Xiao, W Zhao, J Chen… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) play a critical role in modulating global warming.
However, the long‐term spatiotemporal changes of SOC at large scale, and the impacts of …

Climatic seasonality challenges the stability of microbial‐driven deep soil carbon accumulation across China

S Wen, J Chen, Z Yang, L Deng, J Feng… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial residues contribute to the long‐term stabilization of carbon in the entire soil profile,
helping to regulate the climate of the planet; however, how sensitive these residues are to …

Mapping biocrust distribution in China's drylands under changing climate

D Qiu, MA Bowker, B Xiao, Y Zhao, X Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are widely distributed in global drylands and have multiple
significant roles in regulating dryland soil and ecosystem multifunctionality. However, maps …

Digital mapping of soil pH and carbonates at the European scale using environmental variables and machine learning

Q Lu, S Tian, L Wei - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil pH and carbonates (CaCO 3) are important indicators of soil chemistry and fertility, and
the prediction of their spatial distribution is critical for the agronomic and environmental …

Impacts of land use/land cover and soil property changes on soil erosion in the black soil region, China

S Ma, LJ Wang, HY Wang, YG Zhao, J Jiang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil erosion (SE) is seriously threatening grain production and the ecological environment in
the black soil region. Understanding the impact of changes in land use/land cover (LULC) …

[HTML][HTML] Improving model parsimony and accuracy by modified greedy feature selection in digital soil mapping

X Zhang, S Chen, J Xue, N Wang, Y Xiao, Q Chen… - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of increasing soil degradation worldwide, spatially explicit soil information is
urgently needed to support decision-making for sustaining limited soil resources. Digital soil …

Mapping cropland suitability in China using optimized MaxEnt model

X Li, K Wu, S Hao, Z Yue, Z Ran, J Ma - Field Crops Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Context Assessing farmland suitability is a crucial step towards the rational utilization of land
resources and ensuring sustainable agricultural development. Despite China's position as a …

SOC content of global Mollisols at a 30 m spatial resolution from 1984 to 2021 generated by the novel ML-CNN prediction model

X Meng, Y Bao, C Luo, X Zhang, H Liu - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon cycle is influenced by agricultural soils, and accurately mapping the soil organic
carbon (SOC) content of global Mollisols at a 30 m spatial resolution can contribute to …