Soils worldwide suffer from the combined effects of multiple global change factors

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Soils worldwide suffer from the combined effects of multiple global change factors

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01628-1

A statistical analysis of data from global surveys reveals that soils react to the number of stressors as well as to the individual stressor types. Moreover, the increasing number of stressors above a critical threshold reduces soil biodiversity and impedes the delivery of various ecosystem processes.

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