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Soil science

Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.


There are 170 pages tagged with Soil science:

IPS Annual Convention 2025

IPS Annual Convention 2025 "Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society" in Gysinge/Färnebofjärden National Park markmiljo-webb@slu.se Peatlands contain large amounts of carbon and are important

IPS Annual Convention 2025

IPS Annual Convention 2025 markmiljo-webb@slu.se Peatlands contain large amounts of carbon and are important for the climate. Together with Swedish Peat Research foundation and International

Dissertation Koffi Dodji Noumonvi

Methane emissions from high latitude peatlands : controls of their spatio-temporal dynamics across a mire complex charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Koffi Dodji Noumonvi defends his thesis "Methane

Diss Sandra Makaita Madamombe

Climate-smart agriculture options on coarse-textured soils for improved food security in semi-arid areas charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Sandra Makaita Madamombe defends her thesis "Climate-smart

Elsa Maria Arrazola Vasquez

elsa.arrazola@slu.se Earthworms I am interested in studying the ecophysiological response of earthworms burrowing activity to environmental stressors, such as soil compaction and soil temperature.

Chuxian Li

chuxian.li@slu.se I am a geochemist and paleoclimatologist, working on developing geochemical tools to reconstruct past climate change, explore paleo-biodiversity, and identify historical metal

Diss Louise Malmquist

Water balance in agricultural catchments amidst climate and land use changes in Sweden charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Louise Malmquist defends her thesis "Water balance in agricultural catchments

Vaibhav Shrivastava

vaibhav.shrivastava@slu.se Postdoctoral Researcher | Currently working on Life Cycle Assessment of newly domesticated oil crop in Sweden Vaibhav Shrivastava is a agriculture/soil scientist and

Kristin Persson

kristin.persson@slu.se Senior lecturer, Associate Professor If we know how different environmental factors vary in time and space, and how our crops respond to this variation, we can better adapt

Lignin – Not as stable as previously thought

Lignin is a substance found in wood that has long been considered very difficult to break down in soils. A new dissertation from SLU shows that lignin degradation by soil microbes can be faster than

Dissertation Aswin Thirunavukkarasu

Lignin degradation dynamics in boreal forest soils : influence of chemical composition and nitrogen on lignin degradation charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Aswin Thirunavukkarasu defends his thesis "

Sara González Orenga

sara.gonzalez.orenga@slu.se My research focuses on plant stress responses at the physiological, biochemical, and metabolomic levels. Additionally, I’ve worked on evaluating the effectiveness of

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