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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Time series (ARIMA) as a tool to predict the temperature-humidity index in the dairy region of the northern desert of Mexico
"This article provides a useful tool for meteorological parameter prediction and application in climate and environment."
Xinfeng Wang, Handling Editor
Feldspathic sandstone as an emerging soil stabilizer for aeolian sand in the Mu Us Sandy Land: insights into particle size distribution
"The manuscript contains valuable materials and knowledge, but will be of interest mainly to specialists in this field."
Mykola Karabiniuk, Handling Editor
Turbidivision: a machine vision application for estimating turbidity from underwater images
"The paper describes how to leverage machine learning to use a mobile phone's camera as a turbidimeter"
Matteo Zucchetta, Handling Editor
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