Preface to the Special Issue of Vadose Zone Journal on Soil as Complex Systems
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Earth Sciences Division 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS 84‐171 Berkeley CA 94720
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Earth Sciences Division 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS 90‐116 Berkeley CA 94720
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Ecology 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS70A‐3317 Berkeley CA 94720
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Earth Sciences Division 90R1116, 1 Cyclotron Rd. Berkeley CA 94720
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This special issue of the Vadose Zone Journal entitled “Soil as Complex Systems” is a product of the first Complex Soil Systems Conference, “A Path to Improved Understanding of Complex Soil Systems,” (http://esd1.lbl.gov/research/programs/ ERWR/soils_conference/, accessed 22 Jan. 2016) hosted by the Earth Sciences Division (ESD) of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) from 3–5 September, 2014, in Berkeley, CA. More than 170 scientists from 13 countries attended the conference, representing many scientific disciplines—including ecology, hydrology, geophysics, agriculture, soil chemistry, soil physics, soil microbiology, mathematics, and modeling of soil–climate interactions. More than 120 abstracts were submitted to the conference and published in the Conference Proceedings. The Conference was supported by SSSA Bouyoucos funds, the Berkeley Lab, the USDOE, MoBio Laboratories, Inc., private donors, as well as several in-kind sponsors, including the Vadose Zone Journal. The crossdisciplinary nature of the conference program and discussions were unusual, even for soil conferences—perhaps underscoring the forthcoming paradigm shift in how scientists must approach the study of soils by bridging gaps in current scientific knowledge via addressing soil science fundamentals. The conference highlighted the importance of developing new measurement tools, models, and approaches, and methods to illuminate critical interactions and feedbacks between all components of the soil systems as needed for the development of sustainable solutions for agriculture, soil and groundwater remediation, and responses to climate change challenges.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DE‐AC02‐05CH11231; AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1787348
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1474920; OSTI ID: 1787349
- Journal Information:
- Vadose Zone Journal, Journal Name: Vadose Zone Journal Vol. 15 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 1539-1663
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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