Soil and Water in the Age of Climate Change: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 2049
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil microbiome; biodiversity; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is progressing and is visible every day in media reports. Changes in precipitation, air temperature, and frequency of extreme events affect the water cycle and the soil environment. Water and soil, on the other hand, are essential for cultivation and global food security. In this Special Issue, we want to focus on the relationships between climate change, the water cycle, and the soil and, above all, their impact on sustainable agriculture.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together the current knowledge and critical reviews on water and soil in the era of ongoing climate change and its impact on a sustainable environment.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews, and modelling are all welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Impacts of climate change on water and its availability for crops.
- Impacts of climate change on the soil environment.
- Water–soil interactions.
- The importance of water availability in sustainable agriculture.
- The relevance of climate change to the principles of sustainable agriculture.
- Research and guidance to answer the question: how to take care of soil and water in sustainable agriculture?
Dr. Karolina Furtak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil
- climate change
- soil water
- water
- agriculture
- crops
- irrigation
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