PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 1000-1013, May 2026.Solar parks enable renewable energy production at a large scale, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the effects of this change in land use on vegetation and soil health are still largely unknown. In this study, we determined the impacts of solar parks on vegetation, soil biota and soil carbon between and below solar panels.
Luuk Scholten +4 more
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Linking root length and surface area to yield: variety-specific root plasticity in winter wheat across contrasting European environments. [PDF]
Ann BotDurand-Maniclas F +25 more
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Connecting the dots: Network structure as a functional trait in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 773-782, May 2026.Soil health and sustainable land management are critical to addressing global challenges such as food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity loss. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form underground networks that enhance plant nutrient uptake and improve soil structure, yet their functional diversity remains poorly understood, limiting their ...
Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros, Adam Frew
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pH and Pb co-regulate soil bacterial communities and C/N/S Cycling processes in valley-type landfills under multi-factor interactions. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolXiao G +9 more
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Incorporating soil biological and functional attributes to advance ecological restoration
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 735-746, May 2026.Earth is currently experiencing a mass extinction crisis, predominantly driven by anthropogenic activities, with land use change causing widespread loss and degradation of native ecosystems and indigenous species. There is an urgent need to halt this trend and restore degraded habitat to preserve biodiversity and protect threatened plants and animals ...
Uffe N. Nielsen +3 more
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Conversion from farmland to orchard or agroforestry improves soil carbon sequestration by enhancing microbial biological activity in Northwest China. [PDF]
PLoS OneWang W +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 811-830, May 2026.Implementing nature‐based climate solutions is important for mitigating climate change, which is a global issue, but requires local adjustments in management practices. Using the association between soil carbon and minerals as a proxy for carbon persistence, we evaluated the effect of different management regimes on soil carbon sequestration and loss ...
Adam Pellegrini +3 more
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Ba-Sr-V as Geogenic and Traffic Tracers in Paediatric Hair from Urban-Industrial Spain, with Co-Located Topsoil Vanadium. [PDF]
ToxicsPeña-Fernández A +4 more
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Enhancing soil health through no‐till, cover crops, and compost: A 5‐year field study
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 90, Issue 3, May/June 2026.Abstract The capacity of soil management systems to conserve and promote soil health is crucial for its sustainability. While the effects of individual soil management practices on soil health receive considerable attention, their combined effects remain understudied. This paper presents the results of a 5‐year field experiment designed to evaluate the
Daniel Růžička +5 more
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