{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.026", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-24T16:16:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-02-14", "title": "Overgrazing decreases soil organic carbon stocks the most under dry climates and low soil pH: A meta-analysis shows", "description": "Grasslands occupy about 40% of the world\u2019s land surface and store approximately 10% of the global soil organic carbon (SOC) stock. This SOC pool, in which a larger proportion is held in the topsoil (0\u20130.3 m), is strongly influenced by grassland management. Despite this, it is not yet fully understood how grassland SOC stocks respond to degradation, particularly for the different environmental conditions found globally. The objective of this review was to elucidate the impact of grassland degradation on changes in SOC stocks and the main environmental controls, worldwide, as a prerequisite for rehabilitation. A comprehensive meta-analysis was conducted using 55 studies with 628 soil profiles under temperate, humid, sub-humid, tropical and semi-arid conditions, to compare SOC stocks in the topsoil of non-degraded and degraded grassland soils. Grassland degradation significantly reduced SOC stocks by 16% in dry climates ( 1000 mm) and Asia was the most affected continent (\u221223.7%). Moreover, the depletion of SOC stock induced by degradation was more pronounced in sandy (<20% clay) soils with a high SOC depletion of 10% compared to 1% in clayey (\u226532% clay) soils. Furthermore, grassland degradation significantly reduced SOC by 14% in acidic soils (pH \u2264 5), while SOC changes were negligible for higher pH. Assuming that 30% of grasslands worldwide are degraded, the amount of SOC likely to be lost would be 4.05 Gt C, with a 95% confidence between 1.8 and 6.3 Gt C (i.e. from 1.2 to 4.2% of the whole grassland soil stock). These results by pointing to greater SOC losses from grasslands under dry climates and sandy acidic soils allow identification of grassland soils for which SOC stocks are the most vulnerable, while also informing on rehabilitation measures.", "keywords": ["580", "2. Zero hunger", "570", "Spatial variation", "[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]", "Climate Change", "[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "SOC stocks", "Grassland degradation", "630", "Soil", "Controlling factors", "13. Climate action", "Grasslands", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.026"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.026", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.026", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.026"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/land11060943", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-24T16:21:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-06-19", "title": "The Effects of Soil Improving Cropping Systems (SICS) on Soil Erosion and Soil Organic Carbon Stocks across Europe: A Simulation Study", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Healthy soils are fundamental for sustainable agriculture. Soil Improving Cropping Systems (SICS) aim to make land use and food production more sustainable. To evaluate the effect of SICS at EU scale, a modelling approach was taken. This study simulated the effects of SICS on two principal indicators of soil health (Soil Organic Carbon stocks) and land degradation (soil erosion) across Europe using the spatially explicit PESERA model. Four scenarios with varying levels and combinations of cover crops, mulching, soil compaction alleviation and minimum tillage were implemented and simulated until 2050. Results showed that while in the scenario without SICS, erosion slightly increased on average across Europe, it significantly decreased in the scenario with the highest level of SICS applied, especially in the cropping areas in the central European Loess Belt. Regarding SOC stocks, the simulations show a substantial decrease for the scenario without SICS and a slight overall decrease for the medium level scenario and the scenario with a mix of high, medium and no SICS. The scenario with a high level of SICS implementation showed an overall increase in SOC stocks across Europe. Potential future improvements include incorporating dynamic land use, climate change and an optimal spatial allocation of SICS.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "soil health", "S", "scenarios", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "large-scale modelling; Europe; soil health; SOC stocks; soil erosion; scenarios; sustainable soil management", "Agriculture", "sustainable soil management", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "large-scale modelling", "SOC stocks", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "Europe", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/6/943/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060943"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/land11060943", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/land11060943", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/land11060943"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-06-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5281/zenodo.17923249", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-24T16:24:04Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Soil carbon stocks, bulk density, texture, and carbon concentration data from improved Urochloa humidicola pastures and native savannas in the Colombian Llanos", "description": "This dataset contains all original field and laboratory measurements used in the manuscript:  \u201cLarge-scale assessment of the contribution of improved Urochloa humidicola pastures for enhancing soil organic carbon stocks in the Colombian Llanos\u201d (manuscript under peer review).  The repository includes:1) Soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration (g kg\u207b\u00b9),2) Bulk density (g cm\u207b\u00b3),3) Soil texture composition (sand, silt, clay %),4) SOC stocks by individual soil layers,5) Total SOC stocks for 0\u2013100 cm,6) Sampling-site coordinates and associated SOC values.  All samples were collected across improved Urochloa humidicola pastures of different ages and conventionally burned savannas at Hacienda San Jos\u00e9, Vichada, Colombia. These are the same primary data used in the analysis for the manuscript.  Only original measurements are included; no intermediate calculations, scripts, or derived datasets are provided. A README file describing each file and variable is included.  If these data are used, please cite the manuscript once published.", "keywords": ["soil organic carbon", "Carbon sequestration", "Colombian Llanos", "Soil texture", "Urochloa humidicola", "SOC stocks", "Regenerative grazing", "Bulk density", "Tropical forages"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Bastidas, Mike, Mart\u00edn-L\u00f3pez, Javier M., Loaiza, Sandra, Arango, Jacobo, DA SILVA, MAYESSE, Rodriguez, Leonardo, Matiz-Rubio, Natalia, Arias, Juliana, Rao, Idupulapati M., costa junior, ciniro,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17923249"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.17923249", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.17923249", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.17923249"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-12-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10261/349896", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-24T16:25:33Z", "type": "Report", "title": "PROBEFIELD: balance r\u00e1pido de C org\u00e1nico del suelo", "description": "Open AccessEl Proyecto ProbeField, \u2018A novel protocol for robust in field monitoring of carbon stock and soil fertility based on proximal sensors and existing soil spectral libraries\u2019, estudia el uso de t\u00e9cnicas de an\u00e1lisis de proximidad (que usan sensores port\u00e1tiles de medici\u00f3n r\u00e1pida y simple) para predecir propiedades de suelos agr\u00edcolas que son determinadas habitualmente mediante t\u00e9cnicas de laboratorio convencionales m\u00e1s lentas y laboriosas. Estos sensores proximales tienen el potencial para aumentar sustancialmente el n\u00famero de muestras analizadas y permitir el an\u00e1lisis in situ. El enfoque principal es en espectroscop\u00eda visible y de infrarrojo cercano (Vis-NIR) para la predicci\u00f3n del contenido de materia org\u00e1nica del suelo (SOM) aunque la evaluaci\u00f3n se extiende a otras t\u00e9cnicas y propiedades. Un objetivo es superar la interferencia que en el campo producen la variabilidad de la humedad y la estructura de los suelos, en contraste con las predicciones obtenidas mediante las t\u00e9cnicas espectrosc\u00f3picas realizadas en laboratorio con muestras preparadas. ProbeField probar\u00e1 y sugerir\u00e1 pruebas f\u00edsicas y procedimiento matem\u00e1ticos para gestionar estos problemas. Se elaborar\u00e1 un protocolo de mejores pr\u00e1cticas susceptible de ser aplicado a una amplia gama de suelos, se analizar\u00e1n diversas propiedades y se realizar\u00e1 un mapeo 3D para las reservas de carbono del suelo.", "keywords": ["Proximal soil sensors", "Soil spectroscopy", "FRX", "MIR", "NIR", "Soil properties", "Soil fertility", "SOC stocks", "In-situ analysis", "Field analysis"], "contacts": [{"organization": "L\u00f3pez N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Rafael, Cobos, Joaqu\u00edn, Soriguer-Escofet, Ram\u00f3n, Almendros-Mart\u00edn Gonzalo, Cayuela, Jos\u00e9 Antonio,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10261/349896"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10261/349896", "name": "item", "description": "10261/349896", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10261/349896"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}], "links": [{"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "This document as GeoJSON", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items?keywords=SOC+stocks&f=json", "hreflang": "en-US"}, {"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "title": "This document as HTML", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items?keywords=SOC+stocks&f=html", "hreflang": "en-US"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection URL", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main", "hreflang": "en-US"}, {"type": "application/geo+json", "rel": "first", "title": "items (first)", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items?keywords=SOC+stocks&", "hreflang": "en-US"}, {"rel": "last", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "items (last)", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items?keywords=SOC+stocks&offset=4", "hreflang": "en-US"}], "numberMatched": 4, "numberReturned": 4, "distributedFeatures": [], "timeStamp": "2026-06-25T07:38:42.437582Z"}