Healthy soils are essential for sustainable food production, climate neutrality, and biodiversity conservation. This article presents an overview of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO), its role in supporting EU soil monitoring and policy development, and its contributions to soil research, data infrastructure, and the assessment of soil health across Europe.

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Soil erosion is both a major driver and consequence of land degradation with significant on-site and off-site costs which are critical to understand and quantify. One major cost of soil erosion originates from the sediments delivered to aquatic systems (e.g., rivers, lakes, and seas), which may generate a broad array of environmental and economic impacts. As part of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) working group on soil erosion, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the existing costs of sediment removal from European Union (EU) catchments due to water erosion.

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