Rising temperatures alter soil properties, impacting water movement and agriculture.
The article explores how changes in temperature affect soil water movement. By analyzing soil properties like water viscosity and soil particle characteristics, researchers found that temperature impacts soil hydraulic properties. Water properties like viscosity and surface tension change with temperature, affecting how water moves through soil. Soil particles and porosity also change with temperature, especially in clay-rich soils. The study used simulations and experiments to show that temperature influences soil hydraulic properties, with some differences between predicted and actual results.