NRS 212 - Introduction to Soil Science

12/26/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/25/science/touch-of-spring-in-december-on-east-coast-as-flowers-bloom-early.html?_r=0

Warm soil and air temperatures are throwing off several varieties, as this autumn was the warmest on record in the contiguous United States.

12/10/2015

12/09/2015

Global warming has raised global sea level about 8" since 1880, and the rate of rise is accelerating. Rising seas dramatically increase the odds of damaging floods from storm surges.

12/08/2015

Swedish scientists have built a camera that makes methane gas visible. The tool could help researchers study greenhouses gases and answer tricky questions about climate change. It’s also good for visualizing cow farts. Magnus Gålfalk of Linköping University explains that the camera works using infra…

12/07/2015

In a new report to mark World Soil Day, we explain why soil degradation is increasing and call for it to be recognised as one of the most pressing problems facing humanity

12/04/2015

Happy during ! To celebrate, show SSSA's videos: http://ow.ly/Vulfw

12/03/2015

The Passing of Nyle Brady (1920-2015)
Nyle C. Brady passed away on Nov. 24, 2015 at the age of 95. He was a longtime SSSA member (68 years), former SSSA president (1964), former Editor-in-Chief of SSSA Proceedings, Emeritus Professor at Cornell University, and author of "The Nature and Properties of Soils." The Agronomic Science Foundation's Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship was created in 2006 to showcase a distinguished scientist at the SSSA Annual Meeting who has made significant contributions to new and innovative research in soil science, and to honor Nyle Brady.

12/03/2015

11/25/2015

One might think that soil and atmosphere don’t have much to do with each other. But, folks living in the days of the Dust Bowl were very aware that soil, if ...

11/21/2015

http://www.fao.org/soils-2015 A look at how our Soils help to combat climate change in their role of sequestering CO2, and how our collective...

11/19/2015

Soil, although largely hidden from view, teems with life! More microbes live in the soil than the combined total number of plants and animals that live on ea...

11/19/2015

Two professors re-created the dusty surface of Mars in a dirt lab and a greenhouse on campus to explore the plot of “The Martian,” Hollywood’s...