Frontier Studies in Soil Science

Avelino Núñez-Delgado, Ph.D., was born in O Barco de Valdeorras (Ourense province, Galicia, Spain). Currently, he is working as Professor at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, campus Lugo, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), which was started in 1996. He previously worked in France (University of Montpellier) and Spain as Postdoc Researcher. He was listed among the 2% of the top world researchers by the Stanford ranking and among the world top researchers by Researchgate, Expertscape, Web of Sciences, and other world research classifications. He is Book Editor for Springer Nature and other top scientific publishers. He is Book Series Editor for Springer Nature, Editor for various top research journals (with roles of Chief Editor, Associate Editor, Special Issues Editor, Managing Guest Editor, and Guest Editor), and Reviewer for national and international research projects.

Introduction chapter.- Antibiotics as emerging pollutants of soil ecosystems.- Rare Earths in Soils.- Impact of agricultural wastes on environment and possible management strategies.- Organic carbon management and the relations with climate change.- Agricultural soil management impacts on soil microbial communities.- Antibiotics, other emerging pollutants, and pathogenic microorganisms in raw and treated sewage sludge reaching soils.- Remediation of PTEs contaminated soils by washing treatment with biodegradable reagents.- Natural barriers to antibiotic entry into the trophic chain: some examples of the role of soils and by-products.- Salt-Affected Soils.- Beyond the obvious: exploring peat vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR) data using principal component analysis on transposed data matrix (tPCA), Store Mosse bog (Sweden).- Application of biochar in agricultural soil green remediation and sustainable development.- Frontier Studies in Soil Science: A Conclusions Chapter.