Water-repellent soil and its relationship to granularity, surface roughness and hydrophobicity: a materials science view [PDF]
, 2005 Considerable soil water repellency has been observed at a wide range of locations worldwide. The soil exhibiting water repellency is found within the upper part of the soil profile.
McHale, Glen +2 more
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Chloride levels increase after 13 years of recycled water use in the Salinas Valley
California Agriculture, 2014 The use of recycled water for agriculture is a long-term water strategy in California. A study in the 1980s in Monterey County showed recycled water increased soil salinity but not to a level unacceptable for agriculture.
Belinda E. Platts, Mark Grismer
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AgriHealth, 2023 Agricultural land in Sleman Regency has changed many functions, including constructing toll roads and settlements. The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land, without being balanced by the creation of new farmland, resulted in the ...
Isnaeni Sri Wahyuti +3 more
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From dust bowl to dust bowl:soils are still very much a frontier of science [PDF]
, 2011 When the Soil Science Society of America was created, 75 yr ago, the USA was suffering from major dust storms, causing the loss of enormous amounts of topsoil as well as human lives.
Astrid R. Jacobson +7 more
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The international dissemination of Russian genetic soil science (pochvovedenie), 1870s – 1914
Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2018 This article considers the international dissemination of the Russian innovation of genetic soil science, devised by a team of scientists led by V. V. Dokuchaev in the 1870s and 1880s, over the decades down to 1914.
David Moon
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Hydropedological Characteristics of the Cathedral Peak Research Catchments
Hydrology, 2022 It has long been recognised that the role of soils is critical to the understanding of the way catchments store and release water. This study aimed to gain an understanding of the hydropedological characteristics and flow dynamics of the soils of three ...
Rowena Harrison +2 more
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26th soil science society of east africa conference on theme "Strategic Management of Soil Resources to Mitigate Climate Change for a Prosperous East Africa Region" [PDF]
Tropicultura, 2011 L'Organisation des Nations Unies, face aux inégalités croissantes a initié le processus des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD) qui doivent être réalisés d'ici 2015.
Soil Science Society of East Africa
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Reconciling critical zone science with ecosystem and soil science—a personal-scientist perspective
Frontiers in Water, 2023 The critical zone has been the subject of much discussion and debate as a term in the ecosystem, soil and earth system science communities, and there is a need to reconcile how this term is used within these disciplines.
Kathleen A. Lohse
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A 360° perspective of women in soil science focused on the U.S
Frontiers in Soil Science, 2023 Gender parity and equity concerns in soil science have been reported in the United States and at global scale. Long-standing biases and gender stereotypes have discouraged women away from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research ...
Sabine Grunwald, Samira Daroub
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Los suelos, una nueva frontera para el conocimiento y las políticas ambientales
Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2020 Despite its vital importance for ecosystems and societies, soil largely remains understood as an inert base, a backdrop for the biological and social life that exists at its surface. This special issue looks at the dynamics of production, circulation and
Germain Meulemans, Céline Granjou
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