Soil Pollution, Soil Ecology and Sustainable Land Use

Dear Colleagues,

Soil health is facing ecological degradation due to natural and anthropogenic activities, such as sea-level rise, soil salinization, drought/flooding, soil contamination, excessive fertilization, invasive species, and pesticide application. Biogeochemical processes and interactions in soils are essential in regulating the fate and transport of nutrients and pollutants. These processes strongly affect the safety and sustainability of soil ecosystems, which are critically important to ensure global agricultural ecology and environmental safety.

This Special Issue aims to highlight research efforts, on multiple scales, into biogeochemical processes that regulate the fate and transport of nutrients and pollutants in soil ecosystems. In this Special Issue, original research articles, short communications, and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: enhancing soil health and sustainability, controlling inorganic and organic pollutants in soils, colloid-facilitated transport, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, enhancing soil carbon sequestration, preventing nutrient loss from soils, preventing degradation of soils, conserving ecological biodiversity, and modeling of large-scale cycles.

Dr. Hui Li
Dr. Hui Yin
Guest Editors

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