Executive editors: Rémi Cardinael, Olivier Evrard, Peter Fiener, Raphael Viscarra Rossel & Jeanette Whitaker
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SOIL is at the interface between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. SOIL publishes scientific research that contributes to understanding the soil system and its interaction with humans and the entire Earth system. The scope of the journal includes all topics that fall within the study of soil science as a discipline, with an emphasis on studies that integrate soil science with other sciences (hydrology, agronomy, socio-economics, health sciences, atmospheric sciences, etc.).
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09 Sep 2026
From in situ to remote sensing: a framework for quantifying boundary-condition sensitivity in soil organic carbon models across diverse European sites
Yue Zhou, Maria Costanza Andrenelli, Quentin Beauclaire, Eyal Ben-Dor, Sara Bergante, Javier Bravo-García, David de la Fuente Blanco, Asa Gholizadeh, David Čejka, Sabine Chabrillat, Bernard Heinesch, Laura Hernandez Mateo, Kevin Kuehl, Bernard Longdoz, Carlos Lozano Fondón, Petr Maca, Robert Milewski, Stefano Monaco, Dimitra Palantza, Francesco Palazzi, Maria Fantappiè, Roberta Farina, Marmar Sabetizadeh, Benjamin Sanchez, Inés Santín, Jonti Evan Shepherd, Judit Torres, Marta Gómez-Giménez, Bas van Wesemael, and Bertrand Guenet
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4735,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4735, 2026
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07 Sep 2026
Dynamic vegetation–soil–water feedbacks as an under-recognised source of structural uncertainty in digital soil mapping
Odunayo David Adeniyi, Yushu Xia, Calogero Schillaci, Jamal-Eddine Ouzemou, Fuat Kaya, Abdelhakim Amazirh, and Michael Maerker
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4516,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4516, 2026
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02 Sep 2026
The impacts of remediation techniques on soil functions: a review
Paul Drenning, Kristiina Nuottimäki, Nazaré Couto, and Virginie Derycke
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4977,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4977, 2026
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18 May 2026
Mineral-bound organic carbon exposed by hillslope thermokarst terrain: case study in Cape Bounty, Canadian High Arctic
Maxime Thomas, Julien Fouché, Hugues Titeux, Charlotte Morelle, Nathan Bemelmans, Melissa J. Lafrenière, Joanne K. Heslop, and Sophie Opfergelt
SOIL, 12, 633–664, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-633-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-633-2026, 2026
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17 Mar 2026
Mapping the fertosphere's phosphorus availability distribution in a field trial using a novel diffusive gradients in thin-films (fDGT) technique
Casey L. Doolette, Euan Smith, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Lukas van Zwieten, Brigid A. McKenna, Peter M. Kopittke, and Enzo Lombi
SOIL, 12, 253–261, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-253-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-253-2026, 2026
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12 Jun 2025
Using 3D observations with high spatio-temporal resolution to calibrate and evaluate a process-focused cellular automaton model of soil erosion by water
Anette Eltner, David Favis-Mortlock, Oliver Grothum, Martin Neumann, Tomáš Laburda, and Petr Kavka
SOIL, 11, 413–434, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-413-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-413-2025, 2025
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05 May 2025
Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research
Sajjad Raza, Hannah V. Cooper, Nicholas T. Girkin, Matthew S. Kent, Malcolm J. Bennett, Sacha J. Mooney, and Tino Colombi
SOIL, 11, 363–369, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-363-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-363-2025, 2025
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