Soil Threats Data

In this category, some datasets related to soil threats as they have been identified by the European Soil Thematic Strategy are presented. Detailed information about the Soil Threats can be found in the relevant theme section of the portal. For some soil threats such as Soil Erosion, Organic Carbon Decline, Compaction, Salinisation, soil Biodiversity decline, Land take and food security, Landslides and Heavy Metals, datasets are readily available for downloading.

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Global Soil Organic Carbon displaced due to erosion
Title: Global Soil Organic Carbon displaced due to erosion
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Global Soil Erosion
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Year: 2025
Keywords: SOC losses


Aboveground biomass carbon over the Amazon for 2010-2020
Title: Aboveground biomass carbon over the Amazon for 2010-2020
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content
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Year: 2025
Keywords: organic carbon


Pesticides and Soil Biodiversity
Title: Pesticides and Soil Biodiversity
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Biodiversity
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Year: 2025


Gully erosion in the EU
Title: Gully erosion in the EU
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Gully Erosion
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Year: 2025
Keywords: Gully

Soil Carbon Risk Index
Title: Soil Carbon Risk Index
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content
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Year: 2025
Keywords: SOC

Observed/typical SOC index
Title: Observed/typical SOC index
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content
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Year: 2025
Keywords: SOC; Soil Organic Carbon

Land Degradation in Europe
Title: Land Degradation in Europe
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Land degradation
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Year: 2024
Keywords: land degradation; Soil degradation; Indicators


Arsenic in European topsoils
Title: Arsenic in European topsoils
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Contamination
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Year: 2024

Soil Bulk Density in Europe
Title: Soil Bulk Density in Europe
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Compaction
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Year: 2024
Keywords: Bulk density; Packing Density; Soil compaction

Pesticides residues in European agricultural soils
Title: Pesticides residues in European agricultural soils
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Contamination
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Year: 2024
Keywords: pesticides


Erosion potential method (EPM)
Title: Erosion potential method (EPM)
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Global Soil Erosion
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Year: 2024
Keywords: erosion potential

Cadmium in topsoils of the European Union
Title: Cadmium in topsoils of the European Union
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Contamination, Cadmium in topsoils
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Year: 2023
Keywords: cadmium

Global Soil Erodibility
Title: Global Soil Erodibility
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Global Soil Erosion
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Year: 2023
Keywords: soil erodibility




Zinc concentrations in EU topsoils
Title: Zinc concentrations in EU topsoils
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Contamination
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Year: 2023
Keywords: soil contamination


Cover Crops across Europe
Title: Cover Crops across Europe
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Soil Organic Carbon Content
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Year: 2023
Keywords: cover crops