AI4SoilHealth: Accelerating collection and use of soil health information using AI technology to support the Soil Deal for Europe and EU Soil Observatory

Project Information

AI4SoilHealth

Grant agreement ID: 101086179

DOI

10.3030/101086179

EC signature date 21 November 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 9 960 358,50

EU contribution

€ 9 960 357,50

Coordinated by

AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Denmark

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Stakeholders analysis and mapping (policy perspective)

D2.2: Stakeholders analysis and mapping (SAS, M12). Tasks: 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.3;

Indicator selection framework with protocol v1

D3.1 Indicator selection framework with protocol, 2 versions (ABD, M16). Task: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3;

Policy brief: priority areas and data needs for EU soil monitoring

D2.1: Policy brief: priority areas and data needs for EU soil monitoring and information systems (ISIN, M12). Tasks: 2.1, 3.1;

Other (1)

Multi-actor facilitation training delivered to pilot co-ordinators

D6.2: Multi-actor facilitation training delivered to pilot co-ordinators (SAS, M4). Task: 6.1;

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Establishment of multi actor engagement pilots

D6.1: Establishment of multi actor engagement pilots (SAS, M6). Task: 2.2, 6.1, 7.1;

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Soil Health Data Cube v1

D5.2: Soil Health Data Cube, 1st version (OGH, M18). Task: 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3;

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (38)

Spatial Prediction of Organic Matter Quality in German Agricultural Topsoils

Author(s): Ali Sakhaee; Thomas Scholten; Ruhollah Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi; Mareike Ließ; Axel Don
Published in: Agriculture, 2024, ISSN 2077-0472
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/AGRICULTURE14081298

An Open Framework for Downscaling Soil Carbon and Clay Maps Using Sensor Data: Five Case Studies Across Diverse European Landscapes

Author(s): Lucas Carvalho Gomes, Anders Bjørn Møller, Triven Koganti, Suzanne Higgins, Gareth Ridgway, Natasha Crumlish, Renaldas Žydelis, Jonas Volungevičius, Ardas Kavaliauskas, Fenny van Egmond, Henk Kramer, Kees Teuling, İsmail Çinkaya, Mogens H. Greve
Published in: European Journal of Soil Science, Issue 76, 2025, ISSN 1351-0754
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/EJSS.70132

A unifying modelling of multiple land degradation pathways in Europe

Author(s): Remus Prăvălie, Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Cristiano Ballabio, Emanuele Lugato, Adrian Chappell, Gonzalo Miguez-Macho, Federico Maggi, Jian Peng, Mihai Niculiță, Bogdan Roșca, Cristian Patriche, Monica Dumitrașcu, Georgeta Bandoc, Ion-Andrei Nita,
Published in: Nature Communications, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48252-x

Spatiotemporal prediction of soil organic carbon density for Europe (2000--2022) in 3D+T based on Landsat-based spectral indices time-series

Author(s): Xuemeng Tian; Sytze de Bruin; Rolf Simoes; Mustafa Serkan Isik; Robert Minarik; Yu-Feng Ho; Murat Şahin; Martin Herold; Davide Consoli; Tomislav Hengl
Published in: Research Square, 2024, ISSN 2693-5015
Publisher: Research Square Company
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-5128244/V1

Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL): Building reproducible soil calibration models through open development and community engagement

Author(s): José L. Safanelli, Tomislav Hengl, Leandro L. Parente, Robert Minarik, Dellena E. Bloom, Katherine Todd-Brown, Asa Gholizadeh, Wanderson de Sousa Mendes, Jonathan Sanderman
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 20, 2025, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0296545

Sustainability

Author(s): Tatiana Ermolieva; Petr Havlik; Andrey Lessa-Derci-Augustynczik; Stefan Frank; Juraj Balkovic; Rastislav Skalsky; Andre Deppermann; Mahdi (Andrè) Nakhavali; Nadejda Komendantova; Taher Kahil; Gang Wang; Christian Folberth; Pavel S. Knopov
Published in: Sustainability, 2024, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/SU16166849

Advancing nature‐based solutions through enhanced soil health monitoring in the United Kingdom

Author(s): Giuliani, LM; Warner, E; Campbell, GA; Lynch, J; Smith, AC; Smith, P
Published in: Soil Use and Management, 2024, ISSN 1475-2743
Publisher: British Society of Soil Science
DOI: 10.1111/SUM.13164

Soil bulk density and porosity connecting macro- and micro-scales through geometry.

Author(s): D.A. Robinson, S.P. Friedman, A. Thomas, D. Hirmas, P.L. Sullivan, A. Nemes
Published in: Earth-Science Reviews, Issue 268, 2025, ISSN 0012-8252
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.EARSCIREV.2025.105173

The effects of land use on soil carbon stocks in the UK

Author(s): Levy, Peter; Bentley, Laura; Danks, Peter; Emmett, Bridget; Garbutt, Angus; Heming, Stephen; Henrys, Peter; Keith, Aidan; Lebron, Inma; McNamara, Niall; Pywell, Richard; Redhead, John; Robinson, David; Wickenden, Alexander
Published in: Biogeosciences, 2024, ISSN 1726-4189
Publisher: EGU
DOI: 10.5194/BG-21-4301-2024

Light Use Efficiency (LUE) based bimonthly Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) for global grasslands at 30 m spatial resolution (2000-2022)

Author(s): Mustafa Serkan Isik; Leandro Parente; Davide Consoli; Lindsey Sloat; Vinicius Mesquita; Laerte Guimaraes Ferreira; Simone Sabbatini; Radost Stanimirova; Nathália Teles; Nathaniel Robinson; Ciniro Costa Junior; Tomislav Hengl
Published in: Research Square, 2024, ISSN 2693-5015
Publisher: Research Square Company
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-5587863/V1

Soil bulk density assessment in Europe

Author(s): Panos Panagos, Daniele De Rosa, Leonidas Liakos, Maeva Labouyrie, Pasquale Borrelli, Cristiano Ballabio
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024, ISSN 1873-2305
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2024.108907

Towards a better understanding of pathways of multiple co-occurring erosion processes on global cropland

Author(s): Pasquale Borrelli, Christine Alewell, Jae E Yang, Nejc Bezak, Yixian Chen, Ayele Almaw Fenta, Arthur Nicolaus Fendrich, Surya Gupta, Francis Matthews, Sirio Modugno, Nigussie Haregeweyn, David A Robinson, Florence Tan, Matthias Vanmaercke, Gert Verstraete
Published in: International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2023, ISSN 2095-6339
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.07.008

A systematic benchmarking framework for future assessments of soil health: An example from Denmark

Author(s): Gutierrez, S., M.H. Greve, A.B. Møller, A. Beucher, E. Arthur, L. W. de Jonge, S. Normand, and L.C. Gomes
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, 2024, ISSN 1095-8630
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121882

Physics‐Informed Neural Networks for Estimating a Continuous Form of the Soil Water Retention Curve From Basic Soil Properties

Author(s): Sarem Norouzi, Charles Pesch, Emmanuel Arthur, Trine Norgaard, Per Moldrup, Mogens H. Greve, Amélie M. Beucher, Morteza Sadeghi, Marzieh Zaresourmanabad, Markus Tuller, Bo V. Iversen, Lis W. de Jonge
Published in: Water Resources Research, Issue 61, 2025, ISSN 0043-1397
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2024WR038149

Dynamic assessment of rainfall erosivity in Europe: evaluation of EURADCLIM ground-radar data

Author(s): Francis Matthews; Pasquale Borrelli; Panos Panagos; Nejc Bezak
Published in: Hydrology and Earthy System Sciences, 2025, ISSN 1607-7938
Publisher: EGU
DOI: 10.5194/HESS-2024-402

Remaining Loyal to Our Soil: A Prospective Integrated Assessment of Soil Erosion on Global Food Security

Author(s): Martina Sartori, Emanuele Ferrari, Robert M'Barek, George Philippidis, Kirsten Boysen-Urban, Pasquale Borrelli, Luca Montanarella, Panos Panagos
Published in: Ecological Economics, 2024, ISSN 1873-6106
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108103

Time-series of Landsat-based spectral indices for continental Europe for 2000--2022 to support soil health monitoring

Author(s): Xuemeng Tian; Tom Hengl; Davide Consoli; Florian Schneider; Leandro Parente; Murat Şahin; Robert Minařík; Yu-Feng Ho
Published in: Research Square, 2024, ISSN 2693-5015
Publisher: Research Square Company
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-4251113/V1

Benchmarking soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration provides more robust soil health assessment than the SOC/clay ratio at European scale

Author(s): Christopher J. Feeney, Laura Bentley, Daniele De Rosa, Panos Panagos, Bridget A. Emmett, Amy Thomas, David A. Robinson
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, 2024, ISSN 1879-1026
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175642

The dynamics of soil health

Author(s): Thomas Gumbricht, Sonia Meller
Published in: Open Access Government, Issue 44, 2024, ISSN 2516-3817
Publisher: Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd
DOI: 10.56367/OAG-044-11173

An advanced global soil erodibility (K) assessment including the effects of saturated hydraulic conductivity

Author(s): Surya Gupta, Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Christine Alewell
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, 2024, ISSN 1879-1026
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168249

Temperate Soils Exposed to Drought—Key Processes, Impacts, Indicators, and Unknowns

Author(s): Reinsch, Sabine; Robinson, David A.; van Soest, Maud A.J.; Keith, Aidan M.; Parry, Simon; Tye, Andrew M.
Published in: Land, 2024, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/LAND13111759

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Author(s): Amirhossein Hassani; Pete Smith; Nima Shokri
Published in: PNAS, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: PNAS
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2317332121

Four approaches to setting soil health targets and thresholds in agricultural soils

Author(s): Amanda Matson, Maria Fantappiè, Grant A. Campbell, Jorge F. Miranda-Vélez, Jack H. Faber, Lucas Carvalho Gomes, Rudi Hessel, Marcos Lana, Stefano Mocali, Pete Smith, David A. Robinson, Antonio Bispo, Fenny van Egmond, Saskia Keesstra, Nicolas P.A. Saby, Bozena Smreczak, Claire Froger, Azamat Suleymanov, Claire Chenu
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 371, 2025, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2024.123141

Five decades' experience of long‐term soil monitoring, and key design principles, to assist the <scp>EU</scp> soil health mission

Author(s): Robinson, David A.; Bentley, Laura; Jones, Laurence; Feeney, Chris; Garbutt, Angus; Tandy, Susan; Robinson, Inma; Thomas, Amy; Reinsch, Sabine; Norton, Lisa; Maskell, Lindsay; Wood, Claire; Henrys, Pete; Jarvis, Susan; Smart, Simon; Keith, Aidan; Seaton, Fiona; Skates, James; Higgins, Suzanne; Giuffrè, Giovanna; Emmett, Bridget A.
Published in: European Journal of Soil Science, 2024, ISSN 1365-2389
Publisher: British Society of Soil Science
DOI: 10.1111/EJSS.13570

Soil type (World Reference Base) map of Europe based on Ensemble Machine Learning and multiscale EO data

Author(s): Robert Minarik; Tomislav Hengl; Rolf Simoes; Mustafa Serkan Isik; Yu-Feng Ho; Xuemeng Tian
Published in: Research Square, 2024, ISSN 2693-5015
Publisher: Research Square Company
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-5244083/V1

A novel laboratory method for the retrieval of the soil water retention curve from shortwave infrared reflectance

Author(s): Norouzi, S., M. Sadeghi, M. Tuller, H. Ebrahimian, A. Liaghat, S.B. Jones, and L.W. de Jonge.
Published in: Journal of Hydrology, 2023, ISSN 0022-1694
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130284

A hybrid in situ and on-screen survey to monitor gully erosion across the European Union

Author(s): Pasquale Borrelli, Francis Matthews, Christine Alewell, Konstantinos Kaffas, Jean Poesen, Philipp Saggau, Remus Prăvălie, Matthias Vanmaercke, Panos Panagos
Published in: Scientific Data, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41597-025-05074-W

Integrated above‐ and below‐ground ecological monitoring for nature‐based solutions

Author(s): Emily Warner, Licida M. Giuliani, Grant A. Campbell, Pete Smith, Nathalie Seddon, Dan Seddon, Alison C. Smith
Published in: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2688-8319
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.70043

Predicting spatiotemporal soil organic carbon responses to management using EPIC-IIASA meta-models

Author(s): Tara Ippolito, Juraj Balkovic, Rastislav Skalsky, Christian Folberth, Tamas Krisztin, Jason Neff
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118532

Prediction of hysteretic matric potential dynamics using artificial intelligence: application of autoencoder neural networks

Author(s): Nedal Aqel, Lea Reusser, Stephan Margreth, Andrea Carminati, Peter Lehmann
Published in: Geoscientific Model Development, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1991-9603
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/GMD-17-6949-2024

Soil carbon determination for long‐term monitoring revisited using thermo‐gravimetric analysis

Author(s): Inmaculada Lebron, David M. Cooper, Michele A. Brentegani, Laura A. Bentley, Gloria Dos Santos Pereira, Patrick Keenan, Jack Bernard Cosby, Bridget Emmet, David A. Robinson
Published in: Vadose Zone Journal, Issue 23, 2024, ISSN 1539-1663
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.20300

A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe

Author(s): Panos Panagos, Pasquale Borrelli, Arwyn Jones, David A. Robinson
Published in: European Journal of Soil Science, 2024, ISSN 1365-2389
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13466

Sustainability Nexus AID: soil health

Author(s): Shokri, Nima; Aminzadeh, Milad; Flury, Markus; Jin, Yan; Matin, Mir A.; Panagos, Panos; Razavi, Bahar S.; Robinson, David A.; Smith, Pete; Todd-Brown, Katherine; Toth, Gergely; Zarei, Azin; Madani, Kaveh
Published in: Sustainability Nexus Forum, 2025, ISSN 2948-1627
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S00550-025-00560-6

Defining critical SOC/clay thresholds for soil health in boreal croplands using satellite-based NDVI proxies for productivity and resilience

Author(s): Jaakko Heikkinen, Riikka Keskinen, Kari Ylivainio
Published in: Agricultural and Food Science, 2025, ISSN 1795-1895
Publisher: Agricultural and Food Science
DOI: 10.23986/AFSCI.148486

Mapping potential water repellency of Danish topsoil

Author(s): Lucas Carvalho Gomes, Peter Lystbæk Weber, Cecilie Hermansen, Anne-Cathrine Storgaard Danielsen, Sebastian Gutierrez, Deividas Mikstas, Charles Pesch, Mogens Humlekrog Greve, Per Moldrup, David A. Robinson, Lis Wollesen de Jonge
Published in: Geoderma, Issue 457, 2025, ISSN 0016-7061
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.GEODERMA.2025.117280

Convergence in simulating global soil organic carbon by structurally different models after data assimilation

Author(s): Feng Tao, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Yuanyuan Huang, Ying‐Ping Wang, Stefano Manzoni, Bernhard Ahrens, Umakant Mishra, Lifen Jiang, Xiaomeng Huang, Yiqi Luo
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 30, 2024, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.17297

Soil Water Repellency in Natural and Semi‐Natural Habitats: A Nexus Between Abiotic Factors and Prokaryotic Communities

Author(s): Anne‐Cathrine Storgaard Danielsen, Cecilie Hermansen, Peter Lystbæk Weber, Deividas Mikstas, Charles Pesch, Lucas de Carvalho Gomes, Sebastian Gutierrez, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Mogens Humlekrog Greve, Per Møldrup, Signe Normand, Lis Wollesen de Jonge
Published in: European Journal of Soil Science, Issue 76, 2025, ISSN 1351-0754
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/EJSS.70063

Upper Bounds of Maximum Land Surface Temperatures in a Warming Climate and Limits to Plant Growth

Author(s): Aminzadeh, Milad; Or, Dani; Stevens, Bjorn; AghaKouchak, Amir; Shokri, Nima; Aminzadeh, Milad;; Or, Dani;; Stevens, Bjorn;; AghaKouchak, Amir;; Shokri, Nima;
Published in: Earth's Future, 2023, ISSN 2328-4277
Publisher: Earth's Future
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000631341

Conference proceedings (6)

"Finding the right direction: An approach to determine cropland management direction and its implications for soil erosion risk assessments on large spatial scales.&amp;#160;"

Author(s): Philipp Saggau, Katja Augustin, Bastian Steinhoff-Knopp, Gideon Tetteh, Francis Matthews, Konstantinos Kaffas, Stefan Erasmi, Pasquale Borrelli, Michael Kuhwald
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-10363

Mapping water repellency in Denmark

Author(s): Gomes, Lucas de Carvalho; Weber, Peter Lystbæk; Hermansen, Cecilie; Gutierrez, Sebastian; Danielsen, Anne Cathrine; Miktsas, D.; Pesch, Charles; Greve, Mogens H.; Moldrup, P.; de Jonge, Lis W.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: EGU
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14187435

Mapping water repellency in Denmark

Author(s): L. Gomes, P.L. Weber, C. Hermansen, S. Gutierrez, A.C.S. Danielsen, D. Mikstas, C. Pesh, M.H. Greve, P. Møldrup, L.W. De Jonge
Published in: Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Science, 2024
Publisher: International Union of Soil Science
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14187435

Nested Catchment Delineation at the European Scale: A Tool for Fine-Scale Environmental Analysis

Author(s): Konstantinos Kaffas, Francis Matthews, Philipp Saggau, Pasquale Borrelli
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-14166

A Physics-Driven Spectroscopic Approach for Rapid Estimation of the Soil Water Retention Curve

Author(s): Sarem Norouzi; Morteza Sadeghi; Markus Tuller; Hamed Ebrahimian; Abdolmajid Liaghat; Scott B. Jones; Lis W. de Jonge
Published in: EGU General Assembly 2024, 2024
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU24-3053

A physics-driven spectroscopic approach for rapid estimation of the soil water retention curve

Author(s): Norouzi, S., M. Sadeghi, M. Tuller, H. Ebrahimian, A. Liaghat, S.B. Jones, and L.W. de Jonge
Published in: EGU General Assembly 2024, 2024
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3053

Other (4)

The Effects of Land Use on Soil Carbon Stocks in the UK

Author(s): Peter Levy; Laura Bentley; Bridget Emmett; Angus Garbutt; Aidan Keith; Inma Lebron; David Robinson
Published in: 2023
Publisher: EGUSphere
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-1681

AI technology: what it is and what it's not, and how it can (potentially) help us solve the climate crisis

Author(s): Hengl, T.; Consoli, D.; Bagić, M.; Brocca, L.; Herold, M.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8300534

AI4SoilHealth project: accelerating collection and use of soil health information using AI technology to support the Soil Deal for Europe and EU Soil Observatory

Author(s): Wheeler, Ichsani
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7576836

Time series of Landsat-based bimonthly and annual spectral indices for continental Europe for 2000–2022

Author(s): X. Tian; X. Tian; D. Consoli; M. Witjes; F. Schneider; L. Parente; M. Şahin; Y.-F. Ho; R. Minařík; T. Hengl
Published in: Earth System Science Data, 2024
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/ESSD-2024-266