Differentiable modelling to unify machine learning and physical models for geosciences

C Shen, AP Appling, P Gentine, T Bandai… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Process-based modelling offers interpretability and physical consistency in many domains of
geosciences but struggles to leverage large datasets efficiently. Machine-learning methods …

Pedotransfer functions in Earth system science: Challenges and perspectives

K Van Looy, J Bouma, M Herbst, J Koestel… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soil, through its various functions, plays a vital role in the Earth's ecosystems and provides
multiple ecosystem services to humanity. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are simple to …

Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

VN Roth, M Lange, C Simon, N Hertkorn, S Bucher… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Dissolved organic matter affects fundamental biogeochemical processes in the soil such as
nutrient cycling and organic matter storage. The current paradigm is that processing of …

A two-step Bayesian network-based process sensitivity analysis for complex nitrogen reactive transport modeling

H Dai, J Ju, D Gui, Y Zhu, M Ye, J Cui, BX Hu - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Process-based nitrogen reactive transport models (NRTMs) are vital tools for simulating
complex nitrogen reactive transport processes in soils and groundwater to reduce nutrient …

A moisture function of soil heterotrophic respiration that incorporates microscale processes

Z Yan, B Bond-Lamberty, KE Todd-Brown… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Soil heterotrophic respiration (HR) is an important source of soil-to-atmosphere CO2 flux, but
its response to changes in soil water content (θ) is poorly understood. Earth system models …

Toward catchment hydro‐biogeochemical theories

L Li, PL Sullivan, P Benettin, OA Cirpka… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Headwater catchments are the fundamental units that connect the land to the ocean.
Hydrological flow and biogeochemical processes are intricately coupled, yet their respective …

The contribution of living organisms to rock weathering in the critical zone

B Wild, R Gerrits, S Bonneville - npj Materials degradation, 2022 - nature.com
Rock weathering is a key process in global elemental cycling. Life participates in this
process with tangible consequences observed from the mineral interface to the planetary …

Streams as mirrors: Reading subsurface water chemistry from stream chemistry

B Stewart, JB Shanley, JW Kirchner… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The shallow and deep hypothesis suggests that stream concentration‐discharge (CQ)
relationships are shaped by distinct source waters from different depths. Under this …

Distinct source water chemistry shapes contrasting concentration‐discharge patterns

W Zhi, L Li, W Dong, W Brown, J Kaye… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding concentration‐discharge (C‐Q) relationships are essential for predicting
chemical weathering and biogeochemical cycling under changing climate and …

From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world

BG Waring, BN Sulman, S Reed, AP Smith… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soils represent the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon, and the balance between
soil organic carbon (SOC) formation and loss will drive powerful carbon‐climate feedbacks …