Global Karst Soil Erosion Trends from 2000 to 2020

15% of Earth's land area consists of karst ecosystems, which are the focus of this soil erosion study. The dataset, created by Yan Yan and last updated in 2026, analyzes global patterns from 2000 to 2020 using the InVEST model and Theil-Sen/Mann-Kendall trend methods. It quantifies driving factors, finding a global decline in erosion with intense areas in southwest Asia, southern Europe, and northwestern North America.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil erosion drivers based on correlation analysis with rainfall, vegetation, and temperature mentioned in the description
• Assessing regional erosion trends based on the reported findings for Asia, North America, and Europe
• Evaluating conservation strategy impacts based on scenario analysis quantifying human activity and climate contributions
• Comparing national contributions to erosion reduction based on the reported percentages for Russia, China, and Europe

Strengths

• Covers a 20-year time range from 2000 to 2020, enabling trend analysis
• Employs a named and established modeling approach (InVEST model) combined with robust statistical methods (Theil-Sen and Mann-Kendall)
• Quantifies contributions of key factors, such as human activities (47.06%) and climate (26.68%)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope or highly aggregated summary data

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yan Yan

Collection Method

Analysis using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model combined with Theil-Sen and Mann-Kendall trend methods

Time Range

2000 to 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 17:35:32; freshness should be verified

Geography

Global, with specific mentions of southwest Asia, southern Europe, northwestern North America, Russia, and China