A global database of surface soil organic carbon in urban greenspaces

We compiled a global database of SOC concentration and density in urban greenspaces (SOC-U) (updated to June, 2023) based on literature survey via Web of Science (http://isiknowledge.com), Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com) and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (http://www.cnki.net). The keywords ‘soil organic carbon’/ ‘SOC’ and ‘urban greenspaces’/ ‘urban parks’/ ‘urban forests’ / ‘urban lawns’ were used for literature search. Overall, the SOC-U database includes 420 and 155 observations of SOC concentration and density from 244 independent publications, across 257 cities in 52 countries. Please find more information in the paper by Guo et al., 2024.