New Geoderma volume focuses on ‘helicopter research’, or equity in soil science, an urgent topic in international research.

This month, the journal Geoderma focuses Volume 373 on the topic of “helicopter research”, and vital topic for the inclusion of diverse voices in soil science and soil biodiversity science. The following papers discuss the issue of helicopter research in collaborations:

Editorial:

van Groenigen and Stoof 2020 Helicopter research in soil science: A discussion. Geoderma (2020), 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114418

Research Articles:

Minasny et al., 2020a Global soil science research collaboration in the 21st century: time to end helicopter research. Geoderma (2020), 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114299. 

Haile, 2020 Response to “Global soil science research collaboration in the 21st century: Time to end helicopter research”. Geoderma (2020), 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114300

Giller, 2020 Grounding the helicopters. Geoderma (2020), 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114302

Steenhuis et al., 2020 Intricacies of an effective global “rooted” collaboration in soil and water research. Geoderma (2020), 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114301

Minasny et al., 2020b Response to comments on “Global soil science research collaboration in the 21st Century: TIme to end helicopter research”. Geoderma (2020), 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114303