{"title":"Toward soil health assessment through process-based modeling of ecosystem service bundles","authors":"Marialaura Bancheri , Rossella Albrizio , Marco Botta , Alessia Perego , Fabio Terribile , Angelo Basile","doi":"10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117494","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Globally, soil’s contribution to ecosystem services is integral to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including food security (SDG 2), water quality (SDG 6), and climate action (SDG 13). At EU level, EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe” seeks to restore soil health by 2030. This study, in view of assessing soil health, introduces an integrated assessment of soil ecosystem services (SESs) using the ARMOSA process-based model. ARMOSA evaluates SESs, such as Food provisioning, Water regulation, Carbon Sequestration & Climate Regulation, and Nutrient cycling, through simulations that account for diverse pedoclimatic conditions and management practices. By emphasizing multiple integrated indicators over single-point measurements, this approach captures dynamic soil-plant-atmosphere interactions, offering a nuanced framework for soil health assessment. The results demonstrate the potential of comprehensive SES evaluations to support sustainable soil management and inform strategies to meet local and global soil health goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12511,"journal":{"name":"Geoderma","volume":"462 ","pages":"Article 117494"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Geoderma","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706125003350","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"SOIL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Globally, soil’s contribution to ecosystem services is integral to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including food security (SDG 2), water quality (SDG 6), and climate action (SDG 13). At EU level, EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe” seeks to restore soil health by 2030. This study, in view of assessing soil health, introduces an integrated assessment of soil ecosystem services (SESs) using the ARMOSA process-based model. ARMOSA evaluates SESs, such as Food provisioning, Water regulation, Carbon Sequestration & Climate Regulation, and Nutrient cycling, through simulations that account for diverse pedoclimatic conditions and management practices. By emphasizing multiple integrated indicators over single-point measurements, this approach captures dynamic soil-plant-atmosphere interactions, offering a nuanced framework for soil health assessment. The results demonstrate the potential of comprehensive SES evaluations to support sustainable soil management and inform strategies to meet local and global soil health goals.
期刊介绍:
Geoderma - the global journal of soil science - welcomes authors, readers and soil research from all parts of the world, encourages worldwide soil studies, and embraces all aspects of soil science and its associated pedagogy. The journal particularly welcomes interdisciplinary work focusing on dynamic soil processes and functions across space and time.