Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models

Simone Fatichi; Dani Or; Robert Walko; Harry Vereecken; Michael H. Young; Teamrat A. Ghezzehei; Tomislav Hengl; Stefan Kollet; Nurit Agam; Roni Avissar

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14411-z

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models

Simone Fatichi,
Dani Or,
Robert Walko,
Harry Vereecken,
Michael H. Young,
Teamrat A. Ghezzehei,
Tomislav Hengl,
Stefan Kollet,
Nurit Agam,
Roni Avissar

Affiliations

Simone Fatichi: Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich
Dani Or: Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich
Robert Walko: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
Harry Vereecken: Agrosphere, Jülich Research Center
Michael H. Young: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Teamrat A. Ghezzehei: Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced
Tomislav Hengl: OpenGeoHub foundation
Stefan Kollet: Agrosphere, Jülich Research Center
Nurit Agam: Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Roni Avissar: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14411-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The effect of soil structure is not included in most Earth System Models. The authors here introduce and evaluate the consequences at local and global scale of modifying hydraulic properties of soils in response to biological activity—a process significantly changing soil structure.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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