Soil security is concerned with the maintenance and improvement of the global soil resource to produce food, fibre and fresh water, contribute to energy and climate sustainability, and to maintain the biodiversity and the overall protection of the ecosystem. Soil security has relationships with soil quality, soil health and soil protection. It is argued that soil has an integral part to play in the global environmental sustainability challenges of food security, water security, energy sustainability, climate stability, biodiversity, and ecosystem service delivery. Climate change puts soil security under pressure as it has the potential to change soil condition and cause soil degradation.
This session will focus on the modelling and prediction of climate impacts on the environment and soil security. This includes modelling and predicting the impacts of climate changes on soil erosion (including water and wind erosion or dust storms), water availability and quality, soil nutrients, soil organic carbon, salinity, acidification, soil biodiversity, soil-environment interactions, and social systems affected by soils. We also encourage researchers to provide submissions focusing on the impacts to the environment and soil due to predicted future climate changes from global or regional climate models (such as from the NARCliM projections). Submissions dealing with all aspects of climate impacts on soil security or soil related natural hazards at global or large scales are particularly encouraged.
Key topics: Climate change, Soil security, Climate change impact, Global