Grand challenges and opportunities in basic soil science research and the discipline of soil science
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Contributions in basic soil science research have immensely benefited humankind, including enhanced agricultural production and the quality of our environment. This review focuses on recent breakthroughs in the fields of soil properties and processes and delineates frontiers for the present decade and beyond. Frontiers will undoubtedly involve multiple spatial and temporal scale investigations, elucidation of reactions at biological, chemical, and physical interfaces, and the use of advanced in situ technologies in combination with interdisciplinary research efforts to unlock important information on: speciation of contaminants in soils; cycling of trace elements and nutrients and impacts on global climate change; development of field scale hydrologic and geochemical models to accurately predict the rate, fate, and transport of contaminants in the subsurface environment; elucidation of mechanisms for microbial transformations of contaminants; unraveling the precise structure of soil organic matter; and enhanced understanding of rhizosphere chemistry in various environmental settings.
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