Environmental Geosciences (Alewell)

Afshar, M.H. et al. (2026) ‘Soil degradation in Europe is projected to accelerate under changing land use and climate’, Communications Sustainability, 1(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44458-026-00064-4.

Hengl, T. et al. (2026) ‘OpenLandMap-soildb: global soil information at 30 m spatial resolution for 2000–2022+ based on spatiotemporal Machine Learning and harmonized legacy soil samples and observations’, Earth System Science Data, 18(2), pp. 989–1036. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-989-2026.

Alewell, Christine et al. (2026) ‘A First Quantitative Assessment of Soil Health at European Scale Considering Soil Genesis’, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 189. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.70034.

Borrelli, P. and Panagos, P. (2026) ‘A data-driven indicator for assessing the evolving impact of the EU Common Agricultural Policy on soil erosion mitigation’, 64. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.112390.

Guillevic, Floriane et al. (2026) ‘Assessing the artificial radionuclide Cesium-137 spatial distribution in the Southern Hemisphere from lake sediment records’, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 293, p. 107906. Available at: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2026.107906.

Gupta, Surya, Scheper, Simon and Alewell, Christine (2026) ‘Mapping Swiss soil bulk density at 30 m Resolution: Insights from Machine Learning, environmental Covariates, and national data’, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 146. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2026.105112.

PRĂVĂLIE, R. et al. (2026) ‘A pan-European spatial inventory of agricultural land degradation’, International Soil and Water Conservation Research [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.100613.

Vieira, D.C.S. et al. (2026) ‘Global estimation of post-fire soil erosion’, Nature Geoscience, 19. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01876-0.

Borrelli, P. et al. (2025) ‘A hybrid in situ and on-screen survey to monitor gully erosion across the European Union’, Scientific Data , 12(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05074-w.

Shokri, N. et al. (2025) ‘Rethinking Global Soil Degradation: Drivers, Impacts, and Solutions’, Reviews of Geophysics, 63(4). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2025rg000883.

Xu, H. et al. (2025) ‘Current status and medium- and long-term variation of soil erosion by water in China’, 6. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100372.

Bardelle, Amaury et al. (2025) ‘The hidden consequences of agricultural development: Soil degradation and pesticide contamination in the South American Pampa’, Science of the Total Environment, p. 180584. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180584.

Chen, D. et al. (2025) ‘A call for integrated and cooperative global sharing of China’s Earth observation data’, 18. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01833-x.

von Jeetze, P. et al. (2025) ‘Conservation outcomes of dietary transitions across different values of nature’, 8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01595-9.

Borrelli, P. et al. (2025) ‘Unsustainably losing ground’, Nature Sustainability, 8(9), pp. 986–989. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01628-3.

Gupta, Surya et al. (2025) ‘Soil Erosion as a Driver of Eutrophication: An Analysis of European Lakes Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Data’, Global Change Biology, 31. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70494.

Cox, Terry et al. (2025) ‘Using iso-scapes to address within-source variability in compound specific stable isotope sediment source apportionments’, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 25, pp. 2500–2514. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-025-04069-9.

Cox, Terry et al. (2025) ‘Using iso-scapes to address within-source variability in compound specific stable isotope sediment source apportionments’, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 25(8), pp. 2500–2514. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-025-04069-9.

Cox, Terry et al. (2025) ‘Using iso-scapes to address within-source variability in compound specific stable isotope sediment source apportionments’, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 25(8), pp. 2500–2514. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-025-04069-9.

Campbell, Grant A. et al. (2025) ‘Continental Scale Soil Monitoring: A Proposed Multi-Scale Framing of Soil Quality’, European Journal of Soil Science, (4), p. e70174. Available at: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.70174.

Hengl, T. et al. (2025) ‘OpenLandMap-soildb: global soil information at 30 m spatial resolution for 2000–2022+ based on spatiotemporal Machine Learning and harmonized legacy soil samples and observations’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-336.

Miriam Groß-Schmölders et al. (2025) ‘Building a Framework to Differentiate between Natural and Drained Peatlands in Europe by comparing Molecular and Remote Sensing Data’, in EGU General Assembly. Wien (EGU General Assembly), pp. 1–2. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15330.

Alewell, C. et al. (2025) ‘Assessing soil health quantitatively at European scale considering soil genesis’. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6470019/v1.

Dicen, G. et al. (2025) ‘Distribution and sources of fallout 137Cs and 239+240Pu in equatorial and Southern Hemisphere reference soils’, Earth System Science Data, 17(4), pp. 1529–1549. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1529-2025.

Franz Conen and Annika Einbock (2025) ‘Release of ice-nucleating particles from leaves during rainfall’, Science of Nature, 112(2). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-01980-6.

Matthews, Francis et al. (2025) ‘Towards the development of bias-corrected rainfall erosivity time series for Europe’, Journal of Hydrology, 651, p. 132460. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132460.

Vieira, D. et al. (2025) ‘The global significance of post fire soil erosion’. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5622658/v1.

Borrelli, P. et al. (2025) ‘Investigating spatial patterns of land degradation and land management in olive orchards across Europe’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-11266.

Kaffas, K. et al. (2025) ‘Nested Catchment Delineation at the European Scale: A Tool for Fine-Scale Environmental Analysis’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-14166.

Leifeld, J. et al. (2025) ‘Crediting peatland rewetting for carbon farming: Some considerations amidst optimism’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-21373.

Lils, C. et al. (2025) ‘A Standardised Procedure for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Baselines Using Radon-222’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18706.

Matthews, F. et al. (2025) ‘Towards large-sample data availability for applications in soil erosion and sediment transport studies in Europe’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10939.

Vieira, D. et al. (2025) ‘Post-fire soil erosion. How much land are we degrading globally?’ Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10986.

Avcioglu, A. et al. (2025) ‘Reconstruction of 137Cs and 239+240Pu baseline inventories in the Southern Hemisphere and Equatorial Soils’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-9055.

Gupta, S. et al. (2025) ‘Exploring the influence of soil erosion on lake eutrophication through remote sensing across Europe’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-1329.

Saggau, P. et al. (2025) ‘Finding the right direction: An approach to determine cropland management direction and its implications for soil erosion risk assessments on large spatial scales.’ Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10363.

Tan, F. et al. (2025) ‘How good are sediment measurements? An integrated approach to quantifying total uncertainty in metadata-limited annual suspended sediment yield observations’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-9845.

Gupta, S. et al. (2025) ‘Mapping snow gliding distances: Bridging modelled and field observations’, Cold Regions Science and Technology, 231. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2024.104402.

Gupta, Surya et al. (2025) ‘Mapping snow gliding distances: Bridging modelled and field observations’, Cold Regions Science and Technology, p. 104402. Available at: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2024.104402.

Zheng, Haiyan et al. (2025) ‘The Impacts of Erosion on the Carbon Cycle’, Reviews of Geophysics, 63(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023rg000829.

da Costa, Lara et al. (2025) ‘Antimony mobility in soils: current understanding and future research directions’, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 27(4), pp. 833–848. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1039/d4em00743c.

Leifeld, Jens et al. (2025) ‘Crediting peatland rewetting for carbon farming: some considerations amidst optimism’, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 30. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-025-10203-2.

Rieder, Sebastian, Conen, Franz and Krauss, Maike (2025) ‘Microbial inoculant has little effect on greenhouse gas emissions following cover crop incorporation’, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 379. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109332.

Matthews, Francis et al. (2025) ‘Dynamic assessment of rainfall erosivity in Europe: evaluation of EURADCLIM ground-radar data’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-402.

Chen, Yixian et al. (2025) ‘Global patterns of gully occurrence and their sensitivity to environmental changes’, International Soil and Water Conservation Research [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.09.004.

Lang, Andreas et al. (2025) ‘Do standard weather conditions and flower density affect the results of butterfly monitoring schemes? A field test in three bio-geographic regions in Europe’, Journal of Insect Conservation, 29(3). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-025-00680-w.

Lee, Marina et al. (2025) ‘Larval consumption of Cry1F maize pollen causes adverse effects in four non-target Lepidoptera species’, Science of the Total Environment, 970. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178951.

Van Swaay, C et al. (2025) EU Grassland Butterfly Indicator 1991-2024: Technical report. Report VS2025.023, Zenodo. Report VS2025.023. AM Wageningen: Butterfly Conservation Europe 2025 , p. 35. Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.18414227.

Yoon, Jung-Hwan et al. (2025) ‘Chapter Seven - Impact of soil erosion on soil organic carbon loss and its implications for carbon neutrality’, Advances in Agronomy, pp. 363–414. Available at: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2025.01.005.

Das, Subhankar et al. (2024) ‘GloRESatE: A dataset for global rainfall erosivity derived from multi-source data’, Scientific Data, 11(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03756-5.

Fenta, Ayele A. et al. (2024) ‘An integrated modeling approach for estimating monthly global rainfall erosivity’, Scientific Reports, 14(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59019-1.

Gholami, Hamid et al. (2024) ‘An assessment of global land susceptibility to wind erosion based on deep-active learning modelling and interpretation techniques’, Scientific Reports, 14(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70125-y.

Prăvălie, Remus et al. (2024) ‘A unifying modelling of multiple land degradation pathways in Europe’, Nature Communications , 15(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48252-x.

Dicen, G. et al. (2024) ‘Distribution and sources of fallout 137 Cs and 239+240 Pu in Equatorial and Southern Hemisphere reference soils’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2024-509.

Cox, Terry et al. (2024) ‘Isotopic analysis (δ13C and δ2H) of lignin methoxy groups in forest soils to identify and quantify lignin sources’, Science of The Total Environment, 949, p. 175025. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175025.

Li, Keke et al. (2024) ‘Human-altered soil loss dominates nearly half of water erosion in China but surges in agriculture-intensive areas’, One Earth, 7(11), pp. 2008–2018. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.09.001.

Sun, Ranhao et al. (2024) ‘Global Wind Erosion Reduction Driven by Changing Climate and Land Use’, Earth’s Future, 12(10). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024ef004930.

Scheper, S. et al. (2024) ‘Soil loss and sedimentation rates in a subcatchment of the Yellow river Basin in China’, International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 12(3), pp. 534–547. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.11.008.

Qiao, Baojin et al. (2024) ‘Substantial Overestimation of Terrestrial Water Storage Loss in Headwater Basins on Earth’s Third Pole’, Geophysical Research Letters, 51(15). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl107553.

Weber, T. K. D. et al. (2024) ‘Hydro-pedotransfer functions: A roadmap for future development’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(14), pp. 3391–3433. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3391-2024.

Einbock, A. and Conen, F. (2024) ‘Similar freezing spectra of particles on plant canopies as in air at a high-altitude site’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2067.

Osterwalder, Stefan et al. (2024) ‘Spatial and seasonal dynamics of gaseous elemental mercury concentrations over Switzerland observed by a passive air sampler network’, Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 4(8), pp. 848–860. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ea00052h.

Einbock, Annika and Conen, Franz (2024) ‘Frost-free zone on leaves revisited’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(26). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407062121.

Cox, Terry et al. (2024) ‘Using stable carbon isotopes of lignin-derived methoxy to improve historical apportionments of particulate organic matter and sediment sources incorporating multiple Suess corrections’, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 24(5), pp. 2159–2179. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-024-03765-2.

Panagos, Panos et al. (2024) ‘How the EU Soil Observatory is providing solid science for healthy soils’, European Journal of Soil Science, 75(3). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13507.

Subhankar Das et al. (2024) ‘GloRESatE - Global Rainfall Erosivity from Reanalysis and Satellite Estimates’. Edited by https://zenodo.org/records/11078865. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8406085.

Guillevic, F. et al. (2024) ‘Multi-isotope (Pb, Sb) approach to trace metallic contaminant sources at a historical mining and metallurgical site’, Chemical Geology, 649. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.121958.

Khodadadi, M. et al. (2024) ‘Spatial cross-correlation of surface soil physicochemical properties with soil erosion estimated by fallout radionuclides in croplands in a semi-humid region of Iran’, Catena, 237. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.107836.

Bernatek-Jakiel, Anita et al. (2024) A piping erosion susceptibility map of Europe. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12976.

Moreno Romero, G., Alewell, C. and Borrelli, P. (2024) Land degradation due to soil erosion in the Mediterranean olive groves: A comparison of 137Cs, 239+240Pu radionuclides and 3D reconstruction of surface levels. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16310.

Pravalie, R. et al. (2024) ‘Towards a unifying approach of land degradation in Europe’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12401.

Birkholz, A. and Alewell, C. (2024) ‘Aquatic microorganisms are a (potential) provider of long-chain fatty acids to lake sediments in the temperate climate zone’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1960.

Borrelli, P., Panagos, P. and Alewell, C. (2024) ‘Modeling multiple concurrent soil erosion processes’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9365.

Cox, T. et al. (2024) ‘Using stable carbon isotopes of lignin derived methoxy groups to investigate the impact of historical land use change on sediment/particulate matter dynamics’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10471.

Dicen, G. et al. (2024) ‘Spatial distribution of fallout 137Cs and 239+240Pu in Equatorial and Southern Hemisphere soils’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3077.

Einbock, A. and Conen, F. (2024) Similar freezing spectra of particles in the phyllosphere as at mixed-phase cloud height. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4172.

Guillevic, F. et al. (2024) ‘Environmental and physical factors controlling the distribution of 137Cs in lake sediments in the Southern Hemisphere: a meta-analysis’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-6366.

Gupta, S. and Alewell, C. (2024) ‘The importance of soil structure data for soil erosion modelling and mapping’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1561.

H. Afshar, M. et al. (2024) ‘AI-driven insights into soil health and soil degradation in Europe in the face of climate and anthropogenic challenges’. Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9512.

Paul, S. et al. (2024) ‘Does a mineral soil coverage reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculturally managed peatlands?’ Copernicus GmbH. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11391.

Gupta, Surya, Hasler, Julia Kim and Alewell, Christine (2024) ‘Mining soil data of Switzerland: New maps for soil texture, soil organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus’, Geoderma Regional, 36, p. e00747. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00747.

Yttri, Karl Espen et al. (2024) ‘Composition and sources of carbonaceous aerosol in the European Arctic at Zeppelin Observatory, Svalbard (2017 to 2020)’, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(4), pp. 2731–2758. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2731-2024.

Feinberg, Aryeh et al. (2024) ‘Deforestation as an Anthropogenic Driver of Mercury Pollution’, Environmental Science and Technology, 58(7), pp. 3246–3257. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c07851.

von Jeetze, P. et al. (2024) ‘Dietary change is not a prerequisite for effective biodiversity conservation but reduces socioeconomic obstacles’. Research Square Platform LLC. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3914402/v1.

Diodato, N. et al. (2024) ‘Sediment loss modelling framework for the Bradano River Basin, southern Italy, 1950–2020’, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 155(2), pp. 829–843. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04662-3.

Khodadadi, M. et al. (2024) ‘Corrigendum to “Understanding deforestation impacts in western Iran: Insights from Plutonium atom ratios for quantifying Chernobyl contributions of 137Cs reference inventory” [J. Environ. Radioact. 257 (2023) 107078] (Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (2023) 257, (S0265931X22002697), (10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107078))’, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 272. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2024.107369.

Ringeval, Bruno et al. (2024) ‘A global dataset on phosphorus in agricultural soils’, Scientific Data, 11(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02751-6.

Akça, Erhan et al. (2024) The state of soils in Europe, JRC reference reports. Edited by Arias-Navarro C., Baritz R., Jones A. Publications Office of the European Union (JRC reference reports, 78). Available at: https://doi.org/10.2760/7007291.

Bezak , Nejc et al. (2024) ‘Towards multi-model soil erosion modelling: An evaluation of the erosion potential method (EPM) for global soil erosion assessments’, CATENA, 234. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107596.

Cox, T. et al. (2024) ‘Utilising the Dual Isotopic Analysis (Δ13c and Δ2h) of Lignin Methoxy Groups in Forest Soils to Identify Changing Lignin Sources and Quantify Associated Bulk 13c Enrichments’. Elsevier BV. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4820686.

Dolezel, Marion et al. (2024) ‘Challenges for the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring in the European Union Imposed by Novel Applications of Genetically Modified and Genome-Edited Organisms’, BioTech, 13(2). Available at: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/biotech13020014.

Gupta, Surya et al. (2024) ‘An advanced global soil erodibility (K) assessment including the effects of saturated hydraulic conductivity’, Science of The Total Environment, 908. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168249.

Panagos, Panos et al. (2024) ‘A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe’, European Journal of Soil Science, 75(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13466.

Panagos, Panos et al. (2024) ‘Soil bulk density assessment in Europe’, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 364. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907.

Panagos, Panos et al. (2024) ‘How the EU Soil Observatory contributes to a stronger soil erosion community’, Environmental Research, 248. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118319.

Panagos, P. et al. (2024) ‘Understanding the cost of soil erosion: An assessment of the sediment removal costs from the reservoirs of the European Union’, Journal of Cleaner Production, 343. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.140183.

Sartori, Martina et al. (2024) ‘Remaining Loyal to Our Soil: A Prospective Integrated Assessment of Soil Erosion on Global Food Security’, Ecological Economics, 219. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108103.

Song, Xiaodong et al. (2024) ‘Pervasive soil phosphorus losses in terrestrial ecosystems in China’, Global Change Biology, 30(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17108.

Yakutin, Mikhail V. et al. (2024) ‘Oribatid mites in a succession of permafrost soils in Central Yakutia’, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 17.04.2024, 56(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2334815.

Bouasria, Abdelkrim et al. (2023) ‘Predictive performance of machine learning model with varying sampling designs, sample sizes, and spatial extents’, Ecological Informatics, 78. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102294.