Earth Critical Zone: Influence of Anthropogenic Practices
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 October 2021) | Viewed by 4304
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on physical, chemical, and biological interactions within the critical zone, which includes aquatic (lake, streams, rivers, wetlands) and terrestrial (above and below ground) environments.
We encourage submissions that integrate processes within and between surface water, soils, hillslopes, vegetation and microbial communities, shallow and deep groundwater, and the vadose zone.
In this Special Issue, particular attention will be given to anthropogenic influence on the critical zone. Indeed, agriculture or mining could modify natural processes and understanding them would enhance our comprehension of the critical zone. It would also help us to preserve the critical zone and better sustain it.
Prof. Dr. Olivier Pourret
Guest Editor
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