Soil hydrological processes (SHP) support ecosystems, modulate the impact of climate
change on terrestrial systems and control feedback mechanisms between water, energy and …

Groundwater contamination is a global problem that has a significant impact on human
health and ecological services. Studies reported in this special issue focus on contaminants …

Soils constitute one of the most critical natural resources and maintaining their health is vital
for agricultural development and ecological sustainability, providing many essential …

The provision of safe water for people is a human right; historically, a major number of
people depend on groundwater as a source of water for their needs, such as agricultural …

Our understanding of the spatial distribution of soil carbon (C) pools across diverse land
uses, soils, and climatic gradients at regional scale is still limited. Research in digital soil …

Groundwater is critical for the sustainable development of the Loess Plateau, while
groundwater quality is generally poor in this area due to natural factors and anthropogenic …

As an important parameter in recent and numerous environmental studies, soil moisture
(SM) influences the exchange of water and energy at the interface between the land surface …

Abstract China's Loess Plateau is the largest loess deposit in the world in terms of both
depth and area. Water storage in soils of the Plateau has direct impacts on food security …

Multicompartment and multiscale long-term observation and research are important
prerequisites to tackling the scientific challenges resulting from climate and global change …

Soil moisture (SM) is essential for sustaining services from Earth's critical zone, a thin-living
skin spanning from the canopy to groundwater. In the Anthropocene epoch, intensive …