Advances in the Prediction and Remediation of Soil Salinization: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Salinity affects the primary functions of soil and thus impacts terrestrial ecosystems. Current climate change may also increase the risk of soil salinization, e.g., through an increase in the occurrence, duration, and severity of droughts; altered rainfall regimes reducing the leaching potential of salts. Land use changes, such as mining, as well as oil and gas exploration also increase the risk of land salinization. Therefore, the rehabilitation of salt-affected land is required. However, this remains a challenge due to the interdependence and interactions of soil–plant–climate.  

With this Special Issue on ‘Advances in the Prediction and Remediation of Soil Salinization’, we are inviting researchers to submit their views and research findings on this topic. The aim of this Special Issue is to collate relevant research on land salinity from various parts of the world.

This Special Issue will put an emphasis on factors causing salinization, the remediation of saline land, the prediction of salinization and salt movement in porous media in agricultural systems, natural ecosystems, and mining and industrial areas. We invite manuscripts on research which may focus on either laboratory and field studies, as well as numerical modeling studies that support the prediction of salinization, as a result of, for example., climate change or changes in land management. The manuscripts can target specific vegetation or vegetation communities of ecosystems. Studies on the consequences of climate change for the risk of land salinization are also welcome.

Dr. Mandana Shaygan
Dr. Mansour Edraki
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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. Soil Systems is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly 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 1800 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.

• climate change and land salinity
• land salinity across scales
• prediction of salinization using numerical models
• new technologies to assess land salinity
• salinity and mining
• remediation of salt affected land