The rapid development of industry and agriculture has exacerbated soil degradation leading to negative impacts including a reduction in the quantity and quality of food production, increased flood risk, and a reduced capacity for soil carbon storage. Globally, soil degradation includes erosion, acidification, organic carbon decline, nutrient loss, salinization, pollution, and biodiversity loss. If mitigation solutions are not taken in time, continued soil degradation will cause irreparable losses. Therefore, finding practicable mitigation solutions to stop soil degradation is a key challenge to maintain soil health.
Arable soils are a necessary resource for human survival. Human activities including intensive cultivation, excessive pesticide and fertilizer application, sewage irrigation, and inappropriate planting have caused serious degradation of arable soils. For example, intensive cultivation with chemical fertilization has been found to cause soil acidification and salinization. Pesticide use and the application of antibiotics via livestock manure have significantly decreased soil biodiversity. Sewage irrigation and atmospheric deposition are also significant pathways for heavy metals input to soils. Therefore, new amendments, better land use management, and appropriate remediation technologies are urgently needed to improve the state of degraded soil.
This Research Topic focuses on the occurrence, development, and restoration of degraded arable soil affected by acidification, salinization, pollution, organic carbon decline, and biodiversity. Therefore, the aims are to recognize the biogeochemical processes involved in arable soil degradation, explore the risks of soil degradation on ecosystem services, and find advanced solutions with regard to amendments, land use management, and remediation.
We welcome submissions on the following themes:
1. The effects of fertilizers and agrochemicals application on arable soil degradation
2. New, safe, and environmentally friendly soil amendments and tools to minimize soil degradation by improving the soil's physical and chemical characteristics
3. Practicable land use management to stop and reverse soil degradation
4. Advanced mitigation technologies to improve soil degradation from soil pollution
5. The role of vegetation in controlling pollutants dissipation or attenuation in soil
The rapid development of industry and agriculture has exacerbated soil degradation leading to negative impacts including a reduction in the quantity and quality of food production, increased flood risk, and a reduced capacity for soil carbon storage. Globally, soil degradation includes erosion, acidification, organic carbon decline, nutrient loss, salinization, pollution, and biodiversity loss. If mitigation solutions are not taken in time, continued soil degradation will cause irreparable losses. Therefore, finding practicable mitigation solutions to stop soil degradation is a key challenge to maintain soil health.
Arable soils are a necessary resource for human survival. Human activities including intensive cultivation, excessive pesticide and fertilizer application, sewage irrigation, and inappropriate planting have caused serious degradation of arable soils. For example, intensive cultivation with chemical fertilization has been found to cause soil acidification and salinization. Pesticide use and the application of antibiotics via livestock manure have significantly decreased soil biodiversity. Sewage irrigation and atmospheric deposition are also significant pathways for heavy metals input to soils. Therefore, new amendments, better land use management, and appropriate remediation technologies are urgently needed to improve the state of degraded soil.
This Research Topic focuses on the occurrence, development, and restoration of degraded arable soil affected by acidification, salinization, pollution, organic carbon decline, and biodiversity. Therefore, the aims are to recognize the biogeochemical processes involved in arable soil degradation, explore the risks of soil degradation on ecosystem services, and find advanced solutions with regard to amendments, land use management, and remediation.
We welcome submissions on the following themes:
1. The effects of fertilizers and agrochemicals application on arable soil degradation
2. New, safe, and environmentally friendly soil amendments and tools to minimize soil degradation by improving the soil's physical and chemical characteristics
3. Practicable land use management to stop and reverse soil degradation
4. Advanced mitigation technologies to improve soil degradation from soil pollution
5. The role of vegetation in controlling pollutants dissipation or attenuation in soil