ИСТИНА

Soil is a product of vital activity mainly of microbial-plant interactions. The primary academic education of scientists, the founders of the science of soil, the level of development of the natural sciences in their time, gave rise to those ideas and definitions of what soil is, which are still used, but which no longer correspond to the level of development of modern natural science. A transition to modern ideas about the soil ecosystem is necessary. The modern integral characteristics of the soil ecosystem - "soil health" (SH) are proposed. Methods have been developed for determining the integral characteristic - soil health. In addition to developing and validating a definition of soil health, natural scientific indicators of "healthy soil ecosystems" are needed. Soil health and healthy soil ecosystems can be quantified using in situ and/or ex situ methods. At present, there is a need and the possibility of remote measurement of the parameters of the SH, that is, the third method. The presentation is cusses the possibility of remote measurement of soil ecosystem health parameters.