Globally Increased Cropland Soil Exposure to Climate Extremes in Recent Decades

Summary/Abstract

This study “provide[s] a satellite-based mapping of daily soil exposure occurrence across global croplands from 2001 to 2022 and evaluate the associated degradation risks caused by extreme climate events.” The study finds that 86% of global croplands are vulnerable to increasing climate extremes, and “increasing climate extremes tend to have higher soil organic carbon levels, indicating an intensified degradation risk of global nutrient-rich cropland soils.”