Climate Change and Soil Interactions

Marcin Pietrzykowski is a professor in forestry, forest ecology, and forest land reclamation at the Department of Forest Ecology and Reclamation at the Agricultural University in Krakow, Poland. His principal research focuses on the forestry, forest ecology, and forest land reclamation, especially on mine soil including vegetation relationships, trees species response and to reclaimed mine site conditions, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, site classification, and forest management on reclaimed mine sites. In 2013, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Virginia, United States. He was awarded the European Award for Sustainable Land Use - CULTURA Prize 2015 by Alfred Toepfer Foundation. He is a member in the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Society of Ecological Restoration, and the Polish Society of Soil Science. He is an author and co-author of over 150 scientific papers and has patented several inventions for biostabilazation methods of post-industrial sites. Fabio C Nunes is Professor and Researcher, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Bahia (IF BAIANO). Environmental consultant job in licensing projects, impact assessment and environmental management. Geographer (2002), M.Sc. Geochemistry and Environment (2005), Ph.D. in Coastal and Sedimentary Geology from the Federal University of Bahia (2011). Develops scientific research with soils, soil-plant interactions, environmental impact assessment (EIA), recovery of degraded areas and education. Environmental Consultant since 2005 and 120 technical reports, Professor in the Faculty of Technology and Sciences - FTC (2006-2011), Professor since August 2011 in the Instituto Federal of Bahia (IF BAIANO), teaching for graduation Geography, Biological Sciences, and Post-graduation in Professional and Technological Education. Published 21 research articles in peer-reviewed Journals and 22 book chapters in Brazilian and international publishers, such as Elsevier and John Wiley & Sons. Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.

• 1. Soil biodiversity conservation for mitigating climate change2. Potential changes in forest soil carbon stocks under different climate change scenarios3. Heavy metal mobility in in surface water and soil, climate change and soil interactions4. Managing organic amendments in agroecosystems to enhance soil carbon storage and mitigate climate change5. Consequences of land use changes for soil quality and function, with a focus on the EU and Latin America6. Soil as a complex ecological system for meeting food and nutritional security7. Climate change induced microbial approach for alleviation of potentially toxic elements in agricultural soils8. Alleviation of soil salinization and the management of saline soils9. Soil salinization in the era of climate change10. Soil salinization risk under climate change and its effects on soil health and crop yield11. Organic matter decomposition under warming climatic conditions12. Organic matter decomposition under warming climate conditions13. Heavy metal mobility in soil under futuristic climatic conditions14. Hydraulic properties of soil under warming climate15. Methane and carbon dioxide release from wetland ecosystems16. The effect of climate change on mycorrhizae17. Climate-resilient and smart agricultural management tools to cope with climate change-induced soil quality decline18. Plant–soil interactions in soil organic carbon sequestration as a restoration tool19. Plant–soil–biochar interactions as a restoration tool20. Soil enzymes in a changing climate21. Soil health and climate change22. Soil carbon dynamics under extreme climate events in agroecosystem23. Soil health and land use in the era of climate change—primary and secondary impacts on accomplishing related sustainable development goals and green deal24. Soil carbon sequestration and carbon flux under warming climate25. Climate change-induced soil biology26. Biological carbon sequestration for environmental sustainability27. The role of vegetation in soil erosion control in the era of climate change28. Soil reclamation for crop productivity in climate change-impacted agroecosystems29. Climate and soil: a complex relationship and implications of climate change30. Mimosa tenuiflora, in Brazil’s Juremapreta forest, is able to adapt to climate change, desertification, and land degradation31. Haloculture in the era of climate change: sustainable utilization of saline soils for green belt and circular bio-economy in the Middle East and North Africa region32. Impact of climate change on soil microbes33. Land degradation and soil salinization are related to mental health34. Impact of climate change on the agriculture in Thailand: halotolerant herbal plants