Temperate Soils Exposed to Drought—Key Processes, Impacts, Indicators, and Unknowns

Land, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(11), С. 1759 - 1759

Опубликована: Окт. 26, 2024

The summer drought in the United Kingdom (UK) 2022 produced significant speculation concerning how its termination may impact and interact with soil resource. Whilst knowledge regarding soils droughts exists scientific literature, a coherent understanding of wider range impacts on properties functions has not been compiled for temperate soils. Here, we draw together from studies UK other countries to understand respond drought, importantly what where our gaps are. First, define different types their frequency provide brief overview likely societal that place related ecosystems. Our focus is ‘agricultural ecosystem drought’, as this when experience dry periods affecting crops function, followed by rewetting. behaviour moisture key processes contribute storage transport are examined. principal changes physical, chemical, biological resulting rewetting (i.e., termination) discussed extensive interactions demonstrated. Processes involved explored catchment-scale responses. Lastly, soils’ recovery after considered, identified, areas improve highlighted.

Язык: Английский

Response to commentary by Hollis et al. on “The development of soil health benchmarks for managed and semi-natural landscapes”

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 984, С. 179711 - 179711

Опубликована: Май 24, 2025

Язык: Английский