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Author Correction: Revisiting the soil carbon saturation concept to inform a risk index in European agricultural soils

T. S. Breure
D. De Rosa
E. Lugato
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access14 Jan 2026
Nature Communications

Volume: 17, P: 1
Bacterial richness enhances the thermostability of soil organic matter via a long-term trade-off between molecular diversity and thermodynamic stability

Soil organic matter stability is critical for long-term soil health and carbon sequestration. This study reveals that increased bacterial richness enhances soil organic matter thermostability by driving a trade-off between molecular diversity and thermodynamic stability.

Meng Wu
Emanuele Lugato
Zhongpei Li
Research18 Nov 2025
Nature Food

Volume: 6, P: 1032-1041
Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces

In a widespread sampling campaign across urban soils, the authors find that soil biodiversity, but not plant diversity, is positively related to multiple ecosystem functions in urban environments.

Kunkun Fan
Haiyan Chu
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Research09 Jan 2023
Nature Ecology & Evolution

Volume: 7, P: 113-126
Short-term warming supports mineral-associated carbon accrual in abandoned croplands

Natural recovery generally benefits soil organic carbon (SOC) accrual in abandoned croplands, but the impact of warming on SOC in this ecosystem is unclear. Here, the authors showed that warming enhances mineral-associated carbon accrual in these lands.

Zhenrui Zhang
Hui Gao
Xinghui Xia
ResearchOpen Access02 Jan 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-10
Revisiting the soil carbon saturation concept to inform a risk index in European agricultural soils

Storing and protecting organic carbon in agricultural soils requires knowledge on their saturation capacity. Identification of similar pedo-climatic zones allows for creating a risk index informed by the zone-specific effective saturation capacity.

T. S. Breure
D. De Rosa
E. Lugato
ResearchOpen Access18 Mar 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-12
A unifying modelling of multiple land degradation pathways in Europe

This study presents an unprecedented analysis of agricultural land multi-degradation in 40 European countries, using twelve dataset-based processes that were modelled as land degradation convergence and combination pathways across the continent.

Remus Prăvălie
Pasquale Borrelli
Marius-Victor Birsan
ResearchOpen Access08 May 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-13
Increased plant productivity exacerbates subsoil carbon losses under warming via nitrogen mining

Soils may release more CO₂ under warming when increases in plant productivity mine nitrogen from soil organic matter, according to an analysis of a global dataset of soil organic carbon measurements.

Mingming Wang
Shuai Zhang
Zhongkui Luo
Research07 May 2025
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 18, P: 510-517
Responses of soil organic carbon to climate extremes under warming across global biomes

Warming temperatures associated with climate change are expected to impact soil carbon stocks, yet the effect of more frequent and intense extreme climate events on soil carbon is yet unclear. This study shows that most extremes enhance soil carbon loss globally, with variation across ecosystems.

Mingming Wang
Shuai Zhang
Zhongkui Luo
Research22 Dec 2023
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 14, P: 98-105
Emergent temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon driven by mineral associations

Temperature sensitivity of bulk soil carbon stocks is controlled by the compositional distribution between mineral-associated and particulate carbon, according to analyses of global soil carbon pools.

Katerina Georgiou
Charles D. Koven
Robert B. Jackson
ResearchOpen Access20 Feb 2024
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 17, P: 205-212
Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

Mineral-organic associations play a key role in soil carbon preservation. Here, Georgiou et al. produce global estimates of mineral-associated soil carbon, providing insight into the world’s soils and their capacity to store carbon

Katerina Georgiou
Robert B. Jackson
Margaret S. Torn
ResearchOpen Access01 Jul 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-12

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