Sustainable Connection between Soil and CO2 Reservoir
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 1763
Special Issue Editors
Interests: terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle; climate change; biogeochemical cycle; land surface modeling; plant phenology
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Interests: climate change; carbon cycle; ecosystem ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil is closely related to the global carbon cycle, as both the growth of plants and soil microbes, and the decomposition and stabilization of the organic matter of soil, depend strongly on the physiochemical properties and nutrient availability of soil. A sustainable utilization of global soil resources is, therefore, vital for preserving the organic carbon and nutrients of soil, as well as mitigating future global warming caused by the atmospheric increase in CO2.
In this Special Issue entitled ‘Sustainability of Soil and Soil Carbon’, we aim to publish papers focusing on the sustainability of soil productivity and soil carbon, as well as the risk in the sustainability of soil and soil carbon under climate change and land use change. The scope of this Special Issue covers the soil carbon cycle and its interactions with climate change and human activities (e.g., farming, fires and crop harvests). We encourage scientists in the fields of agronomy, the carbon cycle and climate change to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue. Studies based on experiments, modeling and meta-analyses are all welcomed.
Topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to:
- The decomposition, formation and stabilization of soil organic carbon;
- The interactions between the physiochemical properties and carbon dynamics of soil;
- Response of soil carbon to climate change and human activities;
- The nutrients, water and productivity of soil;
- Soil degradation and conservation;
- Impacts of soil erosion and deposition on the carbon dynamics of soil;
- Interactions between soil and the biogeochemical cycle of aquatic ecosystems;
- Soil monitoring (in situ or via satellite).
Dr. Haicheng Zhang
Dr. Wenfang Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil organic carbon
- organic matter decomposition
- soil microbe
- soil erosion and degradation
- soil biogeochemical cycle
- soil nutrient
