Prof. Vala Ragnarsdottir and Prof. Nikos Nikolaidis
SoilCritZone – Soil Sustainability in
Europe
WithMankasingh U., Stamati F., Banwart S., Leake J., Gaillardet J., Novak
M., van Gaans P., Rousseva S., Blum W., Aagaard P., White T. and
Brantley S.
a) Can we ground truth the new models?
b) Can we delineate risk areas?
c) Can we define appropriate management measures to alleviate the threats (restoration measures) and achieve soil sustainability?
4. Modeling the Life Cycle of Soils
Available ModelsAvailable Models
Bedrock
Soil System
Terrestrial
Ecosystem
Urban Land Use
Rural Land Use
Maintaining the Soil Life
Cycle
• General Solute Circulation Models - processes• Economic valuation (of soil function) models• Meta-models for geomorphology• Meta-models for decision/policy (lumped parameters, spatial aggregation)• Detailed process models from molecular to catchment scale (discipline specific, analysis tools)
Drivers•Natural
•Anthropogenic
Pressures•Soil loss
•Biodiversity•Quality•Fertility•Toxicity•Pollution
State•Function
•Asset value
Impact•Economic
•Ecosystem services•On other systems
Response•Scenario evaluation by
LCA•Regulation
•Fiscal•Market forces
•Social/behavioral
DPSIR Analysis of soils
Driver – Pressure models
• CLORPT (Climate, organisms, relief, parent material and time)– Soil development (Baseline)– Landscape development
• Soil Evolution – Evaluate Deviation– From base line due to anthropogenic
influences (present state)
State – Impact models (need to be
developed)• Soil profile – Catchment –
Continental Scale– Soil profile impacts: Eco-services– Catchment impacts: Other systems
(anthropogenic, Hydro…)– Continental impacts: Economic– Other scientific gaps: Parameters
needed to assess soil critical zone system?– Observatory design
Response models
• LCA (Life Cycle Analysis Models) & Assessment Management– Socio - economic valuation methods– Social costs/benefits– Health costs/benefits– Commercial Impacts– Energy needs
European Soil Observatories
• Several sites being considered– Observatories and Satellites
• Advise from US colleagues• Unified data collection strategy• Unified data management
strategy
APPLICATIONS – 18 – DO WE NEED MORE?
1 FUCHSENBIGL – AUSTRIA2 WEST INDIES SOIL OBSERVATORY –
FRANCE3 U DVOU LOUCEK – CZECH REPUBLIC4 LYSINA – CZECH REPUBLIC5 SOIL ALKALANIZATION – SLOVAKIA6 KLAUSENLEOPOLDSDORF - AUSTRIA7 ZALA – HUNGARY (ISPRA)8 4 ICP-IM – SWEDEN9 RUSE - BULGARIA
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OBSERVATORIES - CONT
10 PLYNLIMON – UK11 ZALF-QUILLOW – GERMANY12 STATIC FERTILIZATION – GERMANY13 TERENO – BODE – GERMANY14 TERENO – RUR – GERMANY15 TERENO – SCHEYERN – GERMANY16 KOLIARIS – GREECE17 DAMMA – SWITZERLAND18 SEDIMENTARY SOILS -
NETHERLANDS
• Developing sharp objectives/questions
• Sustainable Soil Managementlinked with
Integrated Water Resources Management
Observatory Site Selection
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETEHYDROGEOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND REMEDIATION OF SOILS LABORATORY
Thank you…
Vala Ragnarsdottir, Bristol, UKNikos Nikolaidis, Chania, GreeceSteve (Barney) Banwart, Sheffield, UKJerome Gaillardet, Paris, FranceMartin Novak, Prague, Czech RepublicPaulina van Gaans, Utrecht, NetherlandsSvetla Rousseva, Sofia, BulgariaWinfried Blum, Vienna, AustriaPar Aagard, Oslo, NorwaySusan Brantley and
Tim White, PennState, USA
http://sustainability.gly.bris.ac.uk/soilcritzone