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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-6393-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-6393-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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18 Nov 2025
Research article |
| 18 Nov 2025
| 18 Nov 2025
Soil oxygen dynamics: a key mediator of tile drainage impacts on coupled hydrological, biogeochemical, and crop systems
Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, Urbana, IL, USA
Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, Urbana, IL, USA
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Bin Peng
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Wang Zhou
Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
School of Agriculture, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
Robert Grant
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
Jinyun Tang
Climate Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Murugesu Sivapalan
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Zhenong Jin
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
Data sets
Transforming Drainage Research Data (USDA-NIFA Award No. 2015-68007-23193) Giorgi Chighladze et al. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1521092
Short summary
By involving soil oxygen dynamics, we explore tile drainage impacts on the coupled hydrology–biogeochemistry–crop system. We find that soil oxygen dynamics is the key mediator of tile–system dynamics. Tile drainage lowers soil water content and improves soil oxygen levels, helping crops grow during wet springs. The developed roots also help mitigate drought stress in dry summers. Overall, tile drainage increases crop resilience to climate change, making it a valuable future agricultural practice.
By involving soil oxygen dynamics, we explore tile drainage impacts on the coupled...
