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Towards Harmonized Soil Monitoring in the EU: An Inventory of Existing International and European Standards

By inventorying 574 international and European soil standards, the report supports comparable monitoring methods across member states, helping implement the EU Soil Monitoring Law through more consistent indicators and measurements.

Towards Harmonized Soil Monitoring in the EU: An Inventory of Existing International and European Standards

Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left

Soil | Definition, Importance, Types, Erosion, Composition, & Facts | Encyclopaedia Britannica

Soil, the biologically active, porous medium that has developed in the uppermost layer of Earth’s crust. It is one of the principal substrata of life on Earth, serving as a reservoir of water and nutrients, as a medium for the filtration and breakdown of wastes, and as a participant in the cycling of elements.

Soil | Definition, Importance, Types, Erosion, Composition, & Facts | Encyclopaedia Britannica

Soil Horizons and Profiles CK-12 Earth Science for Middle School

Soil profiles reveal distinct horizons shaped by differing alteration and organic content, helping learners understand how soils form vertically and why each layer influences roots, water movement, fertility, and ecosystems.

Soil Horizons and Profiles CK-12 Earth Science for Middle School

ISRIC - World Soil Information

ISRIC serves as the world reference centre for trusted soil data, providing standards, information systems, tools, education, and partnerships that support research, policy, practice, and sustainable land management worldwide today.

ISRIC - World Soil Information

EU Mission: A Soil Deal for Europe

EU Mission Soil aims to restore soil health by 2030 through 100 living labs and lighthouses, co-created innovation, harmonized monitoring, and broad public engagement across rural and urban Europe.

EU Mission: A Soil Deal for Europe

Frontiers | Editorial: Soil health, functions, and ecosystem services: insights into soil parameters and methods of integration

Soil health links physical, chemical, and biological properties to ecosystem services; the editorial highlights carbon sequestration, sustainable management, and integrated assessment as central for food security, climate action, and resilience.

Frontiers | Editorial: Soil health, functions, and ecosystem services: insights into soil parameters and methods of integration

First meeting of the International Network on Soil Erosion (INSER) | Global Soil Partnership | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO’s new soil erosion network convenes scientists, policymakers, and practitioners to build global coordination on measurement, conservation, economic valuation, and policy priorities for stronger anti-erosion action from 2026 onward.

First meeting of the International Network on Soil Erosion (INSER) | Global Soil Partnership | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Soil infographics

Soil biodiversity sustains life belowground: plants support vast communities of organisms that, in turn, recycle nutrients, build structure, protect roots, and keep soils productive, resilient, and ecologically functional worldwide today.

Soil infographics

FAO Soil Legacy Maps | FAO SOILS PORTAL | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The FAO Land and Water Division is committed to making data and information on soil and land heritage available to its users. These are historical paper maps produced over the past century by FAO with the relevant contribution of national authorities.

FAO Soil Legacy Maps | FAO SOILS PORTAL | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

What is Sustainability

Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Soil Food Web | Soil Food Web School

The Soil Story by Kiss The Ground

Thirty years of Italian Land Use Inventory (IUTI), a functional tool for monitoring historical changes in the national landscape

Italy’s land-use record reveals shrinking arable land and grasslands, expanding woodland and urban areas, and confirms IUTI as a reliable national framework for detecting long-term landscape transformation and supporting planning.

Thirty years of Italian Land Use Inventory (IUTI), a functional tool for monitoring historical changes in the national landscape

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Career Opportunities: PhD-Position: AI-Driven Pathways to Healthy Soils. University of Basel, Switzerland

The project investigates how artificial intelligence can support the achievement of healthy soils by 2050 through EU policy implementation (e.g., CAP, Soil Monitoring Law, CRCF).

Career Opportunities: PhD-Position: AI-Driven Pathways to Healthy Soils. University of Basel, Switzerland

Food Systems Flagship Coordinator. Suva, Fiji

he role – Food Systems Flagship Coordinator will provide leadership and coordination of the Food Systems Flagship at SPC. The role will oversee the development and implementation of an integrated, cross-organisational work programme with staff in multiple divisions. It brings together research and implementation capabilities across the organisation, building partnerships and mobilising resources to achieve impact for member countries and SPC in the Food Systems space.

Food Systems Flagship Coordinator. Suva, Fiji

Postdoctoral Researcher in Agricultural Economics / Applied microeconomics. Helsinki Finland

The Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in agricultural economics/applied microeconomics. The position is fixed term for three years with a six-month trial period.

Postdoctoral Researcher in Agricultural Economics / Applied microeconomics. Helsinki Finland

Uses, opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in participatory urban planning

Analytical, generative, and humanized AI could widen participatory urban planning through feedback analysis, visualization, and communication, but only if cities manage privacy, misinformation, opacity, and automated decision-making transparently and responsibly.

Uses, opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in participatory urban planning

From soil to sustainability: developing collaborative research practice partnerships with urban farms

Long-term research-practice partnerships help urban farms align evidence with community priorities, combining co-design, local knowledge, and policy support to strengthen food justice, education, sustainability, and farm resilience across urban communities.

From soil to sustainability: developing collaborative research practice partnerships with urban farms

Technosols and urban metabolism for counteracting land take and re-shaping waste flows

Waste-based technosols emerge as a circular, nature-based response to urban land take and waste accumulation, restoring ecosystem services, supporting greening, and easing pressure on fertile peri-urban land for cities worldwide.

Technosols and urban metabolism for counteracting land take and re-shaping waste flows

Evaluating the impacts of cool pavement on pedestrian-level heat stress indicators

Tucson’s cool-pavement trial delivered little pedestrian heat relief: air temperature increased slightly, wet-bulb globe temperature stayed unchanged, and the study showed why real-world testing matters before scaling urban heat interventions.

Evaluating the impacts of cool pavement on pedestrian-level heat stress indicators

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Global study finds majority of people worldwide prioritize environmental protection over economic growth

Across 92 countries, nearly 58% of people favored environmental protection over economic growth, revealing broad, diverse public support for shifting priorities toward ecological well-being rather than growth alone when conflicts arise.

Global study finds majority of people worldwide prioritize environmental protection over economic growth

Yes, AI could boost productivity, but work is about more than maximising output

Faster output alone cannot define good work: jobs also provide meaning, identity, learning, and social connection, so unmanaged AI adoption could deepen alienation even when efficiency measurably improves for workers.

Yes, AI could boost productivity, but work is about more than maximising output

How AI‑supported storytelling helps adult learners understand environmental science

AI-driven virtual field storytelling helped novice, mostly non-STEM students explore Iceland’s glacial lagoon, making cryosphere processes more accessible, emotionally engaging, and place-based while strengthening early environmental-science learning and stewardship skills.

How AI‑supported storytelling helps adult learners understand environmental science

Four key facts about climate change and school meal programs

School meals teach healthy, climate-friendly diets while protecting nutrition and learning; smarter procurement and resilient farming can stabilize budgets, support agriculture, and help programs feed more children under climate stress.

Four key facts about climate change and school meal programs

Making a map to make a difference: Interactive GIS tool shows superfund flooding dangers

Participatory mapping at Tar Creek brought residents and researchers together to co-produce maps, turning local knowledge into shared evidence for storytelling, advocacy, education, and environmental justice action within their community.

Making a map to make a difference: Interactive GIS tool shows superfund flooding dangers

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

Satellite data exposed dozens of giant methane leaks, mostly from oil and gas sites in Turkmenistan, showing poor maintenance drives warming despite many leaks being cheap and easy to fix.

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

Earthquake scientists reveal how overplowing weakens soil at experimental farm

Fiber-optic sensing revealed that repeated plowing and heavy machinery disrupt soil pore networks, reducing deep water infiltration and weakening crops’ capacity to resist both flooding and drought under agriculture worldwide.

Earthquake scientists reveal how overplowing weakens soil at experimental farm