Water balance creates a threshold in soil pH at the global scale

E. W. Slessarev (), Y. Lin, N. L. Bingham, J. E. Johnson, Y. Dai, J. P. Schimel and O. A. Chadwick
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E. W. Slessarev: Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California
Y. Lin: Policy and Management, University of California
N. L. Bingham: University of California
J. E. Johnson: University of Arizona
Y. Dai: School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University
J. P. Schimel: Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California
O. A. Chadwick: University of California

Nature, 2016, vol. 540, issue 7634, 567-569

Abstract: There is an abrupt transition from alkaline to acid soil pH when mean annual precipitation exceeds mean annual potential evapotranspiration, demonstrating that climate creates a nonlinear pattern in soil solution chemistry at the global scale.

Date: 2016
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