Weston Roundtable: Estaban Jobbágy

Flat sedimentary soils host some of the largest global breadbaskets and most active land use changes. The coupling between ecosystems and groundwater in these regions is sensitive to such changes, which create environmental challenges like floods and salinization. Current agricultural changes in the Pampas and Chaco (soybean displacing pastures and forests) are altering water and salt fluxes. The role of technological changes and human behaviors to shape regional hydrology will be highlighted.