Soil science challenges in a new era: a transdisciplinary overview of relevant topics.

Transdisciplinary approaches that provide holistic views are essential to properly understand soil processes and the importance of soil to society and will be crucial in the future to integrate distinct disciplines into soil studies. A myriad of challenges faces soil science at the beginning of the 2020s. The main aim of this overview is to assess past achievements and current challenges regarding soil threats such as ero-sion and soil contamination related to different United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) including (1) sustainable food production, (2) ensure healthy lives and reduce environmental risks (SDG3), (3) ensure water availability (SDG6), and (4) enhanced soil carbon sequestration because of climate change (SDG13). Twenty experts from different disciplines related to soil sciences offer perspectives on important research directions. Special attention must be paid to some concerns such as (1) effective soil conservation strategies; (2) new computational technolo-gies, models, and in situ measurements that will bring new insights to in-soil process at spatiotemporal scales, their relationships, dynamics, and thresholds; (3) impacts of human activities, wildfires, and climate change on soil microorganisms and thereby on biogeochemical cycles and water relationships; (4) microplastics as a new potential pollutant; (5) the development of green technologies for soil rehabilitation; and (6) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by simultaneous soil carbon sequestration and reduction in nitrous oxide emission. Manuscripts on topics such as these are particularly welcomed in Air, Soil and Water Research.

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Main Authors:	RODRIGO-COMINO, J., LÓPEZ-VICENTE, M., KUMAR, V., RODRÍGUEZ-SEIJO, A., VALKÓ, O., ROJAS, C., POURGHASEMI, H. R., SALVATI, L., BAKR, N., VAUDOUR, E., BREVIK, E. C., RADZIEMSKA, M., PULIDO, M., DI PRIMA, S., DONDINI, M., DE VRIES, W., SANTOS, E. S., MENDONÇA-SANTOS, M. de L., YU, Y., PANAGOS, P.
Other Authors:	JESÚS RODRIGO-COMINO, University of Valencia; Trier University; MANUEL LÓPEZ-VICENTE, Wageningen Environmental Research; VINOD KUMAR, Government Degree College; ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ-SEIJO, University of Porto; ORSOLYA VALKÓ, Centre for Ecological Research; CLAUDIA ROJAS, Universidad de OHiggins; Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability; HAMID REZA POURGHASEMI, Shiraz University; LUCA SALVATI, University of Macerata; NOURA BAKR, National Research Centre, Cairo.; EMMANUELLE VAUDOUR, Université Paris-Saclay; ERIC C BREVIK, Dickinson State University; MAJA RADZIEMSKA, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; MANUEL PULIDO, University of Extremadura; SIMONE DI PRIMA, University of Sassari; Université Claude Bernard Lyon; MARTA DONDINI, University of Aberdeen; WIM DE VRIES, Wageningen University and Research; ERIKA S SANTOS, Universidade de Lisboa; MARIA DE LOURDES M SANTOS BREFIN, CPACP; YANG YU, Beijing Forestry University; PANOS PANAGOS, Joint Research Centre.
Format:	Artigo de periódico biblioteca
Language:	Ingles English
Published:	2020-12-03
Subjects:	Soil research, Rehabilitation, Soil and human health, Soil modeling, Solo, Degradation, Biogeochemical cycles,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1127572
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