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Pedosphere

Volume 33, Issue 1, February 2023, Pages 6-7
Pedosphere

Invited Perspective
The frontier of soil science: Soil health

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Soils are a valuable resource with life activity in terrestrial ecosystem, and soil health and its sustainable management are becoming a major focus of global concern. A healthy soil is a “harmonious social system”, which should have good structure, functional state, and buffering performance to maintain the dynamic balance of soil ecosystem. Soil health has become the frontier of soil science. The development of theoretical and practical approaches for soil health evaluation and management is urgently needed. Therefore, further research is needed to develop new techniques and methods for soil health research, construct soil health index and evaluation system, clarify the mechanism and spatial-temporal pattern of soil health conservation, and establish soil health protection and cultivation technology, which would provide scientific and technological support for soil resource protection and sustainable utilization.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42020104004 and 42130718).

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