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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 158 pages tagged with Soil science:

PhD-halftime seminar by Tove Florén

markmiljo-webb@slu.se Welcome to Tove Florén's PhD-halftime seminar. Tove Florén's work is focused on soil chemistry and nanoparticles. Her preliminary thesis title is "Imogolite-type nanoparticles

PhD Halftime Seminar by Erica Packard

markmiljo-webb@slu.se Welcome to Erica Packard's halftime seminar. In this presentation, Erica Packard will elaborate on the findings from her first project on exploring ectomycorrhizal decomposers

Diss Arvid Stiernström

Beyond the Minefield Mining, Development, and Open Moments in Northern Sweden charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Arvid Stiernström defends his thesis "Beyond the Minefield Mining, Development, and Open

Paul Kardol

paul.kardol@slu.se To improve our ecological understanding and to effectively apply our expanding ecological knowledge to contemporary societal issues, such as land use and climate change, fields of

Marken viktig att värna när jordbruket flyttar norrut

Since the 1950s, the resilience of our Swedish agricultural soils has deteriorated due to increasingly intensive agriculture. In combination with climate change, this means an increased risk that the

Forskare och beslutsfattare i dialog om EU:s markdirektiv och miljöövervakning

In about 25 years, all soils in the EU should be healthy, according to the European Commission's proposal for a Soil Directive presented in the summer of 2023. The directive will entail changes in

Tydlig koppling mellan klimat och markens vattengenomsläpplighet – eller?

A new meta-analysis of 466 studies shows that climate is linked to soil water permeability, challenging the dominant explanation. At the same time, the researchers suspect that there is another

Diss Tobias Klöffel

Soil structure and water functions in agricultural soils of the temperate boreal zone in a changing climate charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Tobias Klöffel defends his thesis "Soil structure and water

Soil health from a forest land-use perspective

Soil health from a forest land-use perspective elin.warm@slu.se What are the main soil health challenges in forest land-use across Europe? As part of the NATIOONS project, SLU organizes the fifth

Webbinarium: fjärranalys av mark(2)

Webinar: an introduction to remote soil sensing markmiljo-webb@slu.se Would you like to learn more about remote sensing of soils? This webinar will introduce you to the technologies and how they

Webbinarium: Fjärranalys och markburen fjärranalys av mark

Webinar: an introduction to proximal soil sensing markmiljo-webb@slu.se Would you like to learn more about proximal sensing of soil? This webinar will introduce you to this technology and how it

Sabine Jordan

sabine.jordan@slu.se Physical Geographer and Agronomist, Postgraduate. Research Interests Consequences of peatland restoration for hydrochemistry, C, N and P balances, greenhouse gas emissions and

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