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Global 60-year study sheds light on staple crops' nutrient use inefficiency
Global 60-year study sheds light on staple crops' nutrient use inefficiency
Global evidence across major crops shows nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency remains low, especially in developing regions; maize is inefficient, calling for crop- and region-specific strategies to curb fertilizer dependence.
Global 60-year study sheds light on staple crops' nutrient use inefficiency
Wildfires trigger massive soil loss for decades, new global map shows
Wildfires trigger massive soil loss for decades, new global map shows
Cumulative wildfire effects drive about one-fifth of global soil erosion, adding 5.1 petagrams annually beyond pre-fire conditions; Africa bears the greatest burden, underscoring urgent post-fire restoration and land-management action.
Wildfires trigger massive soil loss for decades, new global map shows
Using data to reduce subjectivity in landslide susceptibility mapping
Using data to reduce subjectivity in landslide susceptibility mapping
Comparing landslide models in São Sebastião, Gaussian AHP outperformed traditional AHP, reducing subjectivity and uncertainty while mapping high-risk areas more coherently, offering a more reproducible tool for hazard management planning.
Using data to reduce subjectivity in landslide susceptibility mapping
New approach improves precipitation accuracy for hydrological models
New approach improves precipitation accuracy for hydrological models
A stepwise precipitation back-correction method improved hydrological model calibration, raising performance across U.S. and Brazilian watersheds by correcting rainfall uncertainty while preserving water balance within acceptable ranges during reanalysis tests.
New approach improves precipitation accuracy for hydrological models
What happens to cigarette butts after 10 years in the environment
What happens to cigarette butts after 10 years in the environment
Cigarette filters degrade only partially over a decade, transforming into persistent microplastic-like residues in soil; although toxicity declines, aged butts still affect organisms, revealing long-term pollution beyond visible litter worldwide.
What happens to cigarette butts after 10 years in the environment
How soil microbes may control the future of our planet
How soil microbes may control the future of our planet
Soil moisture determines whether warming drives carbon loss or storage: drought-stressed microbes release ancient carbon, whereas wetter soils retain more, making microbial processes essential for accurately predicting future climate feedbacks.
How soil microbes may control the future of our planet
Catchment planning boosts impact of small water retention measures
Catchment planning boosts impact of small water retention measures
Strategically combining small water-retention measures across whole catchments can better reduce erosion, drought, flooding, and nutrient runoff than isolated actions, especially when farmers and authorities plan implementation together locally effectively.
Catchment planning boosts impact of small water retention measures
Soil Matters: CURIOSOIL Newsletter #9
Soil Matters: CURIOSOIL Newsletter #9
Across Europe, CURIOSOIL advanced soil literacy through community workshops, participatory mapping, co-created teaching resources, and practice-based collaboration, linking educators, artists, researchers, and citizens in shared, inclusive educational action and experimentation.
Soil Matters: CURIOSOIL Newsletter #9
Climate change is altering Saharan dust – and Europe is downwind
Climate change is altering Saharan dust – and Europe is downwind
Rising heat, drier soils, and shifting winds may send more Saharan dust toward Europe, worsening air quality and stressing farming and solar energy, even as some ecosystems receive nutrients regionally.
Climate change is altering Saharan dust – and Europe is downwind
Come le normative UE su ambiente e clima sono state smantellate in meno di tre anni (in Italian)
Come le normative UE su ambiente e clima sono state smantellate in meno di tre anni (in Italian)
La marcia indietro del Green Deal europeo, sotto la pressione delle lobby, dei partiti di centro destra ed estrema destra e di diversi governi – con quello italiano in prima linea – sta investendo in pieno anche la politica climatica, dopo aver già ritardato, annacquato e spesso smantellato le normative ambientali. Tutto questo ha una data d’inizio precisa: il 22 novembre 2023.
Come le normative UE su ambiente e clima sono state smantellate in meno di tre anni (in Italian)