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Agricultural Management and Critical Zone Resilience to Climate Extremes

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2023) | Viewed by 2619

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Amin Nouri

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Guest Editor
Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Hermiston, OR 97838, USA
Interests: soil physics; soil conservation; climate resilience
Dr. Salar Rezapour

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Soil Science Department, Urmia University, P.O. Box 165, Urmia 57134, I.R. Iran
Interests: soil degradation; soil salinity; water quality; soil quality
Prof. Dr. Günay Erpul

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Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Ankara University, 06110 Ankara, Turkey
Interests: soil erosion; soil conservation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Increases in the frequency and severity of extreme climate events such as heatwaves, droughts, and heavy rainfalls threaten the global sustainability of food, water, and soil resources. The interaction between Earth's Critical Zone and climate forces influences the direction and intensity of water, light, sediment, gases, and contaminant fluxes within and through the control volume. Soil is the central processing unit of atmospheric inputs within the entire assemblage of the Critical Zone. Therefore, the modification of soils through agricultural inputs―e.g., tillage, biomass, seed, chemicals, and outflows (e.g., biomass and water)—has a substantial impact on the resilience of the Critical Zone to climate extremes.

This Special Issue in Sustainability focuses on cross-scales agronomic and engineering practices that improve the Critical Zone functions and services under climate extremes in the following areas.

  • Modeling approaches or methods to detect, characterize, and quantify the Critical Zone resilience to extreme climate events.
  • Soil hydraulic functions (e.g., water infiltration, retention, redistribution, evaporation).
  • Soil structural stability and carbon storage.
  • Runoff, sediment transport, and surface water quality.
  • Nutrient leaching and groundwater quality.
  • Soil salinity and heavy metal mobility.
  • Greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Crop yield and economic stability.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Amin Nouri
Dr. Salar Rezapour
Prof. Dr. Günay Erpul
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • critical zone
  • climate extremes
  • climate resilience
  • agricultural management
  • hydrology
  • soil erosion
  • water quality
  • carbon storage

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Pollution Analysis and Health Implications of Heavy Metals under Different Urban Soil Types in a Semi-Arid Environment
by Salar Rezapour, Mehri Azizi and Amin Nouri
Sustainability 2023, 15(16), 12157; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612157 - 9 Aug 2023
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A fundamental requirement for the effective prevention and management of soil contamination involves the determination of heavy metal contamination levels and the assessment of associated health risks for human populations. In this study, an analysis was conducted to evaluate the pollution levels and [...] Read more.
A fundamental requirement for the effective prevention and management of soil contamination involves the determination of heavy metal contamination levels and the assessment of associated health risks for human populations. In this study, an analysis was conducted to evaluate the pollution levels and health risks associated with heavy metals in urban soils, specifically focusing on four distinct soil types, namely Calcisols, Cambisols, Fluvisols, and Regosols. The mean values of five heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb, and Ni), some soil pollution indices, and human health risk indices were determined. Pollution indices including the integrated Newerow pollution index (PIN), single pollution index (PI), and pollution load index (PLI) showed a moderate pollution class in most soil samples. The non-carcinogen risk index of elements (HI) in each exposure pathway and the total of the exposure pathways (THI) was <1 for three different population groups (children, adult females, and adult males) and in all soils. This shows the lack of non-cancerous risk for local residents in the study site. The variations in HI and THI for the three population groups and three different exposure pathways was in the order of adult males > adult females > children and ingestion > dermal contact > inhalation. The carcinogenicity risk (CR) of Cd, Pb, and Ni through exposure by ingestion was >1 × 10−4 for children in all soils, meaning that soil ingestion is hazardous to children in the study region. For all three population groups and all soil types, Pb was most effective in HI and THI, whereas Cd had the highest carcinogenicity potential. Full article
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The Spatial Disequilibrium and Dynamic Evolution of the Net Agriculture Carbon Effect in China
by Jie Huang, Zimin Sun and Pengshu Zhong
Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 13975; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113975 - 27 Oct 2022
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Considering the comparative perspective of the net agricultural carbon effect in China’s three major functional grain production areas, the Dagum Gini coefficient, kernel density estimation and Markov chain analysis are used to investigate the spatial disequilibrium and dynamic evolution characteristics of the net [...] Read more.
Considering the comparative perspective of the net agricultural carbon effect in China’s three major functional grain production areas, the Dagum Gini coefficient, kernel density estimation and Markov chain analysis are used to investigate the spatial disequilibrium and dynamic evolution characteristics of the net agricultural carbon effect in China from 2000 to 2019. The results show that the overall net agricultural carbon sink in China is on a fluctuating upward trend, and the net agricultural carbon sink in the main production areas is higher than that in main marketing areas and balanced production and marketing areas. There are obvious differences in the net agricultural carbon sink between different areas, and the differences are expanding; inter-regional differences are the most significant, with the contribution of intra-regional differences second and the contribution of intensity of transvariation the least. The kernel density curve shows that the absolute differences are increasing and that there are gradients and multipolar differentiation within the area. The Markov transfer matrix reflects that the net agricultural carbon effect in China is highly volatile and has a strong internal mobility. The probability of upward shift in an area increases when it is adjacent to a high-level area, and the net carbon effect of agriculture in high-level areas has a strong stability. Based on this, each area should build on its own comparative advantages and explore targeted pathways to reducing emissions and increasing sinks in agriculture while strengthening inter-regional communication and cooperation. It is necessary to build a synergistic mechanism to enhance the net carbon effect of agriculture, which will ultimately help to achieve the “double carbon” target. Full article
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