Soil salinization refers to the accumulation of water‐soluble salts in the upper part of the soil
profile. Excessive levels of soil salinity affects crop production, soil health, and ecosystem …

The shale boom in North America started more than a decade ago, however, the issue of
substantial fracturing fluid loss inside shale did not draw much attention for a decade. In the …

Over the past two decades percolation theory has been used to explain and model a wide
variety of phenomena that are of industrial and scientific importance. Examples include …

Globally, evaporation consumes about 25% of solar energy input and is a key hydrologic
driver with 60% of terrestrial precipitation returning to the atmosphere via …

Soil texture and its vertical spatial heterogeneity may greatly influence soil hydraulic
properties and the distribution of water and solutes in the soil profile; therefore, they are of …

Prediction of drying rates from porous media remains a challenge due to complex
interactions between ambient conditions and porous medium properties. Evaporation from a …

Early stages of evaporation from porous media are marked by relatively high evaporation
rates supplied by capillary liquid flow from a receding drying front to vaporization surface. At …

Soil water repellency (SWR) is a widespread phenomenon that influences patterns of soil
wetting, runoff, evapotranspiration and availability of water for plants. In natural ecosystems …

Previous experiments have demonstrated “enhanced” water vapor fluxes from partially
saturated porous media relative to fluxes predicted based on Fick's law. This led to various …

The separation of evapotranspiration (ET) into its surface evaporation (E) and transpiration
(T) components remains a challenge despite its importance for linking water and carbon …