The threat of soil salinity: A European scale review
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Soil salinisation is one of the major soil degradation threats occurring in Europe. The effects of salinisation can be observed in numerous vital ecological and non-ecological soil functions. Drivers of salinisation can be detected both in the natural and man-made environment, with climate and the foreseen climate change also playing an important role. This review outlines the state of the art concerning drivers and pressures, key indicators as well as monitoring, modeling and mapping methods for soil salinity. Furthermore, an overview of the effect of salinisation on soil functions and the respective mechanism is presented. Finally, the state of salinisation in Europe is presented according to the most recent literature and a synthesis of consistent datasets. We conclude that future research in the field of soil salinisation should be focused on among others carbon dynamics of saline soil, further exploration of remote sensing of soil properties and the harmonization and enrichment of soil salinity maps across Europe within a general context of a soil threat monitoring system to support policies and strategies for the protection of European soils.
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- Authors
- Daliakopoulos, I. N., Tsanis, I. K., Koutroulis, A., Kourgialas, N. N., Varouchakis, A. E., Karatzas, G. P., & Ritsema, C. J.
- Affiliations
- Technical University of Crete (GR)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Tsanis, I.K.
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 573
- Pages
- 727-739
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2511615992
- Cited by
- 828
- References
- 202
- Citations by year
- 2026: 79 · 2025: 112 · 2024: 114 · 2023: 104 · 2022: 129 · 2021: 92 · 2020: 83 · 2019: 65 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 3 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 4.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Union Seventh Framework Programme (603498)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Engineering and Agricultural Innovations
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Keywords
- soil salinization, soil degradation, soil functions, climate change, soil salinity monitoring, salinity mapping, soil carbon dynamics, remote sensing of soil properties, European soils
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