Most of Earth's terrestrial surface is made up of sloping landscapes. The lateral distribution
of topsoil by erosion controls the availability, stock, and persistence of essential elements in …

The emergence of critical zone (CZ) science has provided an integrative platform for
investigating plant ecophysiology in the context of landscape evolution, weathering and …

Soil phosphorus (P) loss from agricultural systems will limit food and feed production in the
future. Here, we combine spatially distributed global soil erosion estimates (only considering …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Current understanding of phosphorus (P) cycling in soils can be enhanced by integrating
previously discrete findings concerning P speciation, exchange kinetics, and the underlying …

Sand and dust storms (SDS) play an integral role in the Earth system but they also present a
range of hazards to the environmental and economic sustainability of human society. These …

Trees, the most successful biological power plants on earth, build and plumb the critical
zone (CZ) in ways that we do not yet understand. To encourage exploration of the character …

Asian dust storms have long been a major environmental concern in China, affecting the
lives of about one billion people. However, it is unclear whether the mechanisms …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest terrestrial carbon (C) pool and is vulnerable to
climate and land-use changes. Promoting the stabilization of SOC will reduce climate …

The input of mineral dust from arid regions impacts snow optical properties. The induced
albedo reduction generally alters the melting dynamics of the snowpack, resulting in earlier …