Soil vulnerability to droughs in the conditions of the earthwarm of the Belarusian Polessie

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study devoted to the typification of soils of agricultural lands in the region of Belarusian Polessie according to the degree of their vulnerability (predisposition) to droughts. For this, an assessment was made of the moisture content of these soils during the period of climate warming (1989–2018), and the dynamics of their moisture reserves during the growing season (April – October) was revealed. Using the example of agricultural land use in the Kalinkovichi and Pinsk administrative districts, we show the spatial difference and soil fertility in terms of their vulnerability to droughts, which requires the use of differentiated measures to adapt them to mitigate the consequences of climate change.