Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026The effects of co-application of organic fertilizer and limestone powder on soil organic carbon and its fractions in rubber plantations: associations with microbial necromass carbon and Fe/Al oxidesJifen Yang · Shunjun Geng · Xiaoling Shi · Qianghao Zhang · Chunxia YangFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1970224
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Spatial assessment of soil degradation under intensive agricultural pressure in the central loess plateauXiandong Hou · Tao BaiFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1940953
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Long-term organic fertilization enhances paddy soil nitrogen availability through direct nutrient stimulation and complementary diazotroph-mediated pathwayLi Wen · Chao Li · Kaikai Cheng · Lihong Shi · Lingling Liu · Shijie Qin · Ke Wang · Peng Jiang · Haiming TangFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1923757
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Widespread lagged and cumulative effects of wind on global vegetation productivityTao Pan · Chong Ren · Fu Li · Hao LiuFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1947485
Original ResearchPublished 6 October 2026Soil organic carbon storage across Mediterranean mountain forests: a comparative assessment of forest ecosystem diversity and geological substrate in Ifrane and Talassemtane National Parks, MoroccoMohamed El Mderssa · Meysara ELMALKI · Fouad Malki · Taha Abdelhakim · Younes Abbas · Jamal IbijbijenFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1959268
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Divergent recovery trajectories of soil organic and inorganic carbon following artificial grassland restoration in semi-arid mining ecosystemsBenjiang Yue · Xueyao Shi · Lirong Zhao · Siqi Zhao · Laiting Zhang · Shaoting Zhao · Yu LiuFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1942861
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026Modeling forest soil organic carbon dynamics under seasonal freeze–thaw cycles: implications for carbon sequestration in cold-region forest ecosystemsTong Gao · Xingyu Jiang · Jiaqi Zhou · Yaoxiang Li · Xibin DongFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1939588
Systematic ReviewPublished 15 September 2026Sorghum–legume intercropping for sustainable intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic reviewFarayi Dube · Paramu Mafongoya · Raymond MugandaniFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1949974
Original ResearchPublished 8 September 2026Depth-stratified soil organic carbon dynamics across forest–cultivation gradients in Nkanu East Watershed, Southeast Nigeria: implications for agroecological managementMartin A. N. Anikwe · Chinyere S. Dan-Chukwu · Emmanuel E. Ikengannyia · Evelyn O. Obidike-UgwuFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1908936
Original ResearchPublished 8 September 2026Effects of multi human disturbance on soil organic carbon: mediation by landscape patterns and forest community attributes in forest villages of the Henan section, Yellow River BasinChenhui Wei · Xule Ning · Siqi Yao · Manqi Miao · Zhendong Hong · Dongying Wu · Chen He · Lin Zhang · Zi WangFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1923061
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Conservation tillage regulates aggregate organic carbon and microbial communities in aeolian sandy soilXianzhao Xie · Min Jiang · Beibei Han · Shuangshuang Li · Tinglong Chen · Zhiyong GouFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1869811
Original ResearchPublished 19 August 2026Effects of cropland conversion into Masson pine plantation and leaf-use mulberry orchard on soil carbon pools in southwest ChinaGuantao Chen · Yongxia Luo · Qichao Tang · Xingzhu Yao · Xie WangFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1935863
Original ResearchPublished 18 August 2026Coffee agroforestry, soil carbon, and restoration of a tropical Afromontane rainforestMaria T. Cossa · Tara J. Massad · David Fangueiro · Natasha S. Ribeiro · João Coutinho · Irene Fraga · Ana I. Ribeiro-BarrosFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1879348
CorrectionPublished 12 August 2026Correction: Divergent responses of rhizosphere priming effect to N-P fertilization and plant traits in mandarin orange and alfalfaJianfeng Hou · Limin Zhang · Jiahui Chen · Xuqing Li · Shengke Tian · Luyi Peng · Xianfa MaFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1959770
Original ResearchPublished 3 August 2026Divergent responses of rhizosphere priming effect to N-P fertilization and plant traits in mandarin orange and alfalfaJianfeng Hou · Limin Zhang · Jiahui Chen · Xuqing Li · Shengke Tian · Luyi Peng · Xianfa MaFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1822862
Original ResearchPublished 16 July 2026Distribution of soil carbon and nitrogen in Mediterranean oak silvopastoral systems under grazingJulio Henrique Germano De Souza · Gelson dos Santos Difante · Otávio Francé · Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada · Marina CastroPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practicedoi 10.3389/past.2026.16765
GeochemistryPublished 4 April 2025Drivers of soil heterotrophic respiration in tropical peatlands: a review to inform peat carbon accumulation modellingElise M. Dehaen · Eleanor J. Burke · Sarah E. Chadburn · Jörg Kaduk · Stephen Sitch · Noah D. Smith · Angela V. Gallego-SalaFrontiers in Geochemistrydoi 10.3389/fgeoc.2025.1492386
