ECZ First Issue | Volume 1, Issue 1 Officially Online!

2025-02-27






ECZ First Issue Papers Officially Online

· Vol. 1 Issue 1 ·

The first issue of Earth Critical Zone (Volume 1, Issue 1) has been officially published, featuring 17 articles, including 1 Editorial, 8 Reviews, 6 Research Articles, and 2 Discussions. The issue covers cutting-edge advancements and key issues in Critical Zone Science. We invite you to read, share, and join us in exploring the scientific mysteries of the Critical Zone!

· Editorial ·

Earth Critical Zone: A comprehensive exploration of the Earth's surface processes

Jiabao Zhang, Congqiang Liu, Jianming Xu

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100001

· Review ·

Environmental interactions and remediation strategies for co-occurring pollutants in soil

Saiqi Zeng, Zhongmin Dai, Bin Ma, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100002


The impacts of human activities on Earth Critical Zone

Yi Zhou, Baojing Gu 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100004


Trade-offs in agricultural outcomes across farm sizes 

Chenchen Ren, Liyin He, Yuchi Ma, Stefan Reis, Hans Van Grinsven, Shu Kee Lam, Lorenzo Rosa

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100007


A review on enriched microplastics in environment: From the perspective of their aging impact and associate risk

Xin Su, Meng Liu, Jibo Dou, Jing Yuan, Jie Cheng, Zhijiang Lu, Yan He 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100008


Impacts of increasing land-ocean interactions on carbon cycles in the Arctic 

Cuicui Mu, Jinyue Song, Hebin Liu, Xiaoqing Peng, Lei Zheng, Zhongyong Gao, Heng Sun, Chengyan Fan, Mei Mu, Laodong Guo

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100010


Urbanization and the urban critical zone

Peiheng Yu, Yujiao Wei, Lanji Ma, Bo Wang, Esther H.K. Yung, Yiyun Chen 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100011


Fate of nano/microplastics and associated toxic pollutants in paddy ecosystems: Current knowledge and future perspectives 

Tharanga Bandara, Ashley Franks, Gary Clark, Caixian Tang

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100013


Potential role of microplastic in sediment as an indicator of Anthropocene

Qianxue Yin, Ping Gong, Xiaoping Wang 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100016


Geologically-derived nitrogen and phosphorus as a source of riverine nutrients 

Mike Deas, Jeff Laird, Stacy Tanaka, Randy A. Dahlgren 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100003


Soil burial controls organic carbon variability in the deep soil of the Loess Critical Zone

Chencheng Zhang, Yunqiang Wang, Yaming Tang, Bo Hong 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100005


Shifts in nitrogen deposition across an urban-rural-forest gradient 

Yueqiang He, Yuanyuan Chen, Jiang Liu, Rong Huang, Ting Lan, Xuesong Gao, Ouping Deng

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100012


Sedimentary phosphorus sequential extraction method offers new insight into soil development

Jia-Zhong Zhang, Nathan Timothy Lanning 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100014


Urban food waste and socioeconomic drivers in China 

Yueyao Song, Dianlei Liu, Feng Zhu, Chi Zhang, Shizhao Zhang, Tianhang Li, Yuan Ji, Yuecen Dong, Wenzhi Qi, Xingkun Xu, Bao Yu, Mingyue Xu, Jianguo Liu

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100015


Greenhouse gas footprint and reduction potential in a typical Chinese tea-producing area

Fei Ding, Yu Hu, Yang Liu, Xin Li, Yingdan Mei, Yan Wu, Xiangbo Xu, Yuanfeng Qian, Shanshan Bai, Rong Zhou, Shuqin Jin 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100017

· Review ·

Advancing agroecosystem modelling of nitrogen losses with machine learning 

Shu Kee Lam, Baobao Pan, A.K. Qin, Deli Chen

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100006


Innovations of water pollution traceability technology with artificial intelligence

Qiannan Duan, Qi Zhang, Xudong Quan, Hailong Zhang, Lei Huang 

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100009



Earth Critical Zone is an international academic journal, with Editors-in-Chief Academician Jia-Bao Zhang, Academician Cong-Qiang Liu, and Professor Jian-Ming Xu, and Executive Editor Professor Bao-Jing Gu. The journal is co-hosted by Zhejiang University and Tianjin University, and published in collaboration with Elsevier, providing open access to research findings for readers. There are no publication fees for the first three years.

Studying the Earth’s Critical Zone and its interactions is of paramount importance, as it encompasses the soil, water, atmosphere, and biota from the surface to the underlying bedrock, forming a complex ecological network that sustains human life. The journal covers a wide range of research areas, including but not limited to soil health, plant nutrition cycles, hydrology, environmental protection, ecology, and socioeconomics.