23 October 2025

Are northern communities an overlooked source of microplastics and tire wear particles in the Arctic?

"Valuable data and new insights on microplastics and tire wear particles in the Arctic."

Xinfeng Wang, Handling Editor

9 September 2025

A lack of open data standards for large infrastructure projects hampers social-ecological research in the Brazilian Amazon

"This article assesses the availability and quality of data on infrastructure projects in Brazil Amazon by reviewing the academic literature and surveying researchers from the conservation and development community."

José Maria Silva, Handling Editor

2 September 2025

Soil copper sources and biogeochemical processes under different land uses: insights from stable copper isotopes in the Cambisols of Southwest China

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Worradorn Phairuang, Handling Editor

12 August 2025

Light use efficiency (LUE) based bimonthly gross primary productivity (GPP) for global grasslands at 30 m spatial resolution (2000–2022)

"Isik et al. have produced high-resolution (30 m), long-term (2000-2022), bimonthly global maps of gross primary productivity (GPP) for grasslands, one of the world's most important ecosystems and crucial in agriculture for grazing. The data are shared publicly with a permissive open license (CC-BY). They are likely to be useful research in areas including the monitoring of land degradation, crop yield mapping and improved modeling of greenhouse gas fluxes. As such, the data are likely to be useful to researchers in many different disciplines."

Matthew Wilson, Handling Editor

14 July 2025

Spatiotemporal prediction of soil organic carbon density in Europe (2000–2022) using earth observation and machine learning

"The paper provides EU-wide soil organic carbon density (SOCD) maps and a framework for SOCD modelling that will help predict future changes and support soil management."

Jörg Oehlmann, Section Editor

28 April 2025

Evaluating soil salinity dynamics under drip irrigation in the Manas River Basin, Xinjiang: a long-term analysis (1996–2019)

"Important work on salinity research comprising integrated data and long term study."

Ganesh Nikalje, Handling Editor

15 April 2025

Comprehensive analysis of groundwater hydrochemistry and nitrate health risks in the Baiquan basin, Northern China

"This study investigates the hydrochemical properties and controlling factors of groundwater in both dry a nd wet periods, which is important for groundwater safety and water resource protection."

Xinfeng Wang, Handling Editor

31 January 2025

Nutrient cycling characteristics along a chronosequence of forest primary succession in the Hailuogou Glacier retreat area, eastern Tibetan Plateau

"Nutrient cycling across different stand development stages is a prominent topic among forest managers and ecologists, yet there is a limited amount of research available on this subject."

Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, Handling Editor

16 January 2025

Optimization and action mechanism of pollutant removal performance of unsaturated vertical flow constructed wetland (UVFCW) driven by substained-release carbon source

"The study describes an environmental friendly and sustainable technical approach to reduce N and pollutant release from constructed wetlands."

Jörg Oehlmann, Section Editor

23 December 2024

Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties in planted mixed forests in the rocky desertification areas of the Wuling Mountain

"This manuscript provides information about karst ecosystems affected by desertification."

Nasim Yasin, Handling Editor