addresses nutrient management, sustainable agriculture, global biogeochemical cycles and climate change, ecosystem structure and function,or nuclear waste disposal and management,among many others. scientists research biogeochemical and physical processes, map characteristics, and teach aspiring scientists about ...
Environmental quality is a major political concern and. the important role of the is widely recognized. However, . still has an important role to play in translating ...
Postdoc in Organic Matter Stabilization and Chemistry. Description: We are looking for an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher well-experienced in biology and chemistry who will join the research team working on successful grant proposals focused on organic matter stabilization as affected by fire, forest type and climate change.
About Us. About 150 abstracts were accepted at the ASSS International Conference in Cameroon. Abstracts were selected considering the the following sub-themes: Sub-theme 1: data base development . Sub-theme 2: Soils, food crisis and food security. Sub-theme 3: Land and renewable energies. Sub-theme 4: Soils and mitigation ...
erosion by water is one of the major threats to soils in the Union, with a negative impact on ecosystem services, crop production, drinking water and carbon stocks. The Commission’s Thematic Strategy has identified erosion as a relevant issue for the Union, and has proposed an approach to monitor ...
The SSSA certification programs, Certified Professional Scientist and Associate Professional Scientist, set standards for knowledge, skills, and conduct that define the professions of and classification. These certifications offer similar benefits to the public as licensing programs, and provide clients, employers ...
Conservation agriculture (CA) is based on the three principles of minimum disturbance, surface crop residue retention and crop rotations, and is one of the available options. In Southern , CA has been intensively promoted for more than a decade to combat declining fertility and to stabilize crop yields.
Description: This dataset includes the past reconstruction of erosion rates (incuding UK, Switzerland and Western balkans). The data provided have are aggregated per decade starting from 1860. The erosion change is driven by changes in land use and rainfall erosivity. The simulations have been done using the CE-DYNAM model.
Impacts of salinization caused by sea level rise on the biological processes of coastal soils - A review. S. Mazhar E. Pellegrini M. Contin C. Bravo M. De Nobili. Environmental . Frontiers in Environmental . 2022. salinization caused by sea level rise threatens coastal agricultural soils and geochemically important wetlands ...
The sub-Saharan (SSA) region bears the blunt of pollution mainly due to-haphazard disposal and gross mismanagement of a wide assortment of pollutants generated from within and outside the region. Pollution of agricultural soils in the region is so intense that out of the 80 countries substantially affected by land degradation ( pollution, inclusive) in the world, 36 are found ...
In the 10 Albarella + 10 Caleri samples, the microplastic content was also investigated. The survey methodology was as follows [76]: ca. 2 g sample + 10 mL 15% H 2 O 2 ; 5 min ultrasonic bath ...
ABSTRACT We lack an understanding of nitrogen (N) cycles in tropical forests of , although the environmental conditions in this region, such as type, vegetation, and climate, are distinct when compared with other tropical forests. Herein, we simultaneously quantified N fluxes through precipitation, throughfall, and 0-, 15-, and 30-cm solutions, as well as litterfall, in two ...
The Cluster has identified 5 main Research Lines through which to accomplish our mission, and which contribute directly to both WIMEK’s Grand Challenges and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. These Research Lines are the result of a Cluster wide participatory process involving staff members and PhD students.
The Mission ‘A Deal for ’ is an ambitious, innovative instrument launched in 2021 by the Commission to accelerate the development and large-scale deployment of solutions for sustainable land and management as part of a wider, green transition. General publications.
Here, we conducted a systematic analysis of metal contamination urban soils based on 174 peer-reviewed studies spanning 143 urban sites and 29 countries. The results show that reporting of data on urban metals is highly heterogeneous across the study area. Over half of all studies are from only five countries (Italy ...
The ‘Land Use/Cover Area frame statistical Survey ’ (LUCAS ) is an. extensive and regular topsoil surv ey that is carried out across the Union to derive policy-relev ant ...
Price R360. The classification of soils in South has, until now, been a rather mysterious subject, quietly studied and mostly understood only by a few seasoned pedologists and practi-tioners, most often seated in the departments of academic and research institutions of South . The detailed and unique South ...
Abstract. In the 2022 summer, western–central and several other regions in the northern extratropics experienced substantial moisture deficits in the wake of precipitation shortages and elevated temperatures. Much of has not witnessed a more severe drought since at least the mid-20th century, raising the question whether this is a manifestation of our warming climate ...
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Journal of . and . Use and Management. gave a presentation on How to Write for . Use and Management. and . Journal of . at the 19th World Congress of in Brisbane, Australia in August 2010. Authors should use the presentation, which can be found . here, to optimize the chance of ...
The covariates were obtained from Data Centre (ESDAC) (Panagos et al., 2012, Panagos et al., 2013a, Panagos et al., 2013b) and the study by Ballabio et al. (2016) (Table 3). The Geographical Database of Eurasia at scale 1:1,000,000 is part of the Information System (EUSIS).
June 14, 2016. • 5 min read. For hundreds of years, parts of sub-Saharan have suffered from poor . Weather, shifting populations, and slash-and-burn practices have left wide swaths of ...
This report provides a synthesis on the current state of Higher Education (HE), as a baseline to assess competency and resources for capacity development in ...
(1992). testing and plant analysis in Western . Communications in and Plant Analysis: Vol. 23, Testing and Plant Analysis in the Global Community, pp. 2029-2051.
Ethnopedology has significantly contributed to understanding local perceptions of , and its uses and management, and has complemented technical (scientific) surveys. This study focused on indigenous of the Zulu and Xhosa ethnic groups of eastern South . The study area comprised four villages, viz Khokhwane (104 ha ...
physics matters for the land–water–food–climate nexus and sustainability. Gang Wang, Ying Liu, Zhifeng Yan, Dingjiang Chen, Jun Fan, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei. , Journal of . First Published: 21 December 2023. Abstract. Full text.
19 Feb 2024 Job Information Organisation/Company University of Palermo Research Field Agricultural sciences » Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Recognised Researcher (R2 PhD in Medical Sciences in field of Medical Education for the PhD Research Project ‘ PHD -2023-5: Investigating students’ preparation for ...
LUCAS , the largest expandable dataset for : a review. Eur J Sci 69, 140–153 (2018). Orgiazzi, A. et al. LUCAS Biodiversity and LUCAS Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development. J 73 (2022). NASA-USDA Enhanced SMAP Global Moisture Data.
Figure 1. scientists and profiles: (A and B) Dr Manuel Pulido performing bulk density measurements; (C) Terric Anthrosol with colluvic materials 1 in the vineyards of the Celler del Roure, Valencia, Spain; (D) Eutric Gypsisol, 1 Málaga city, Spain; (E) Entisols 2 order with calcium carbonate concretions in deep horizon, Western desert, Egypt; (F) Aridisols 2 order with ...
All studies; ; ; South ; Stellenbosch University; ; About. This programme at Stellenbosch University focuses on research in one of the various specialization fields of and trains students to become a subject specialist in this field.
, recent studies have modelled water, wind and tillage erosion at continental scale and shed new light on their geography. However, to acquire a comprehensive picture of erosion threats more processes need to be addressed and made visible to decision-makers.
With the Land Use/Cover Area frame Survey (LUCAS) survey in 2009 a pan- dataset is available for the first time, consisting of around 20,000 points across 25 Member States of the Union. The aim of this study is the generation of a harmonised high-resolution erodibility map (with a grid cell size of 500 m) for the ...
The relationship between properties and nutrient deficiencies was explored. Nutrient limitations were found to differ between soils, both within and across countries. Generally, each was potentially deficient in at least one nutrient, with K, P, Mg, MN and S emerging as most limiting in 88, 65, 59, 18, and 12% of tested soils ...
is essential for precision agriculture and for sustainable management. The EU-funded SOILdarity project will develop strategies to integrate ecology with cutting-edge and crop sensors, modelling and system-control-technologies for sustainable management.
The latest projections of organic carbon (SOC) changes from dif-ferent Earth system models (ESMs) show a very wide range of values, adding uncertainty on land-atmospheric carbon(C) feedback under cli-mate change (1). Because the is the largest terrestrial C pool, differ-ent representations of SOC turnover may amplify the magnitude and ...
492 B. Vanlauwe et al.: Integrated fertility management in sub-Saharan 1 Introduction Integrated fertility management (ISFM) is a means to in-crease crop productivity in a profitable and environmentally friendly way (Vanlauwe et al., 2010) and thus to eliminate one of the main factors that perpetuates rural poverty and
The South fraternity will have to adapt to the changing environment in order to comply with the growing demands for data. At a recent Information Workshop, ...
The custodian of will celebrate its centennial contribute to the nature and human wellbeing in 2024. The event will also empower the linkages with different disciplines, policy makers, stakeholders, institutions, and associations to effectively address civil society needs within agriculture, forestry, environment, urban planning ...
At the undergraduate level, and Plant Production may be taken as a major subject in the four-year Bachelor of in Agriculture degree programme. Theoretical and practical modules are designed to provide students with relevant knowledge and skills to serve the agricultural sector's and rural community’s needs.
The differences in approach to assess loss by water erosion probably arise from the different circumstances pertaining at the time. Thus in the 1930s erosion was high on the agenda in the USA and was widespread (Bennet, 1939), and an understanding of processes driving erosion was needed. Plot experiments were set up at experimental ...