Soil salinity is one of the major and widespread challenges in the recent era that hinders
global food security and environmental sustainability. Worsening the situation, the harmful …

Irrigated agriculture accounts for∼ 90% of anthropogenic freshwater consumption, is
deployed on 22% of cultivated land, and provides 40% of global food production. Expanding …

Excessive water use in the upper and middle reaches of arid inland river basins will
inevitably lead to the drying up of the lower reaches. Water allocation and ecological water …

The semiarid lands of Northeast Brazil represent one of the most densely populated regions
of the country. Rainfall variability together with land degradation and large‐scale poverty in …

The concept of groundwater vulnerability was first introduced in the 1970s in France to
recognize sensitive areas in which surface pollution could affect groundwater, and to enable …

Groundwater salinization is considered as a major environmental problem in worldwide
coastal areas, influencing ecosystems and human health. However, an accurate prediction …

After a long-term surface irrigation in the southern edge of the Chinese Loess Plateau, the
local groundwater is diluted to some extent, which differs from most of the other surface …

Digital soil mapping approaches predict soil properties based on the relationships between
soil observations and related environmental covariates using techniques such as machine …

Groundwater is the foremost water source of agricultural irrigation areas in northern China.
However, the problem from excessive geogenic fluoride and anthropogenic nitrate in …

The state of Punjab has a dominant agrarian economy and is considered India's bread
basket. However, it is now under the problem of falling agro-economy primarily because of …