Game Changer in Soil Science. The Anthropocene in soil science and pedology.

The venerable science of pedology, initiated in the 19 th century as the study of the natural factors of soil formation, is adapting to the demands of the Anthropocene, the geologic time during which planet Earth and its soils are transitioning from natural to human‐natural systems. With vast areas of soils intensively managed, the future of pedology lies with a renewed science that can be called anthropedology that builds on the pedology of the...