Science news articles about 'soil science society of america'

  • Soil Science Society of America Presents 2008 Fellows

    A recognition of Fellows from the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) as presented during their Annual Meeting on Oct. 5-9 in Houston, TX.
  • Officers Elected to Fill Scientific Society Boards

    The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America announce new society presidents and officers for the upcoming year.
  • Senate resolution shines spotlight on the importance of soils

    ... Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) applauds the visionary action taken by Senator Sherrod ... passed six months after the European Union's Soil Protection Framework was tabled due to irreconcilable ...
  • Kids: Book Features Inside Scoop on Soil

    A new book from the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) digs in the dirt to educate kids about the living world of soil. Soil! Get the Inside Scoop explores how soil is part of ...
  • Colorado Senator Ken Salazar Receives Soil Stewardship Award

    ... 's and the nation's lands, Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO), received the 2008 Excellence in Soil Stewardship Award presented by the Soil Science Society of America on July 17.
  • Soil's carbon storage capacity investigated

    ... the July-August 2008 issue of Soil Science Society of America Journal explore the potential ... C associated with silt-plus-clay, which was the smallest soil size fraction. Haegeun Chung at University ...
  • Measuring calcium in serpentine soils

    ... hold. Research published this month in the Soil Science Society of America Journal shows that multiple ... five techniques for measuring calcium in serpentine soils: X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy ...
  • New Field Guide Provides a Practical Primer on Soils

    The Soil Science Society of America has released a new field guide created to provide a clear guidance on ... specific activities related to improved soil management. Soil Science: Step-by-Step Field ...
  • Nitrous oxide emissions respond differently to no-till depending on the soil type

    ... 2008 September-October issue of the Soil Science Society of America Journal. The authors concluded ... no-till practice between the clay and loam soils were striking. While emissions were similar in both ...
  • A model to measure soil health in the era of bioenergy

    ... today's farmlands is the loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil organic matter (SOM) ... difficult. In an article published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal, a team of USDA-Agricultural ...
  • 3-D laser scanning: A new soil quality measurement

    ... laser scanning to measure bulk density of soil clods and rock fragments. A commercially available ... November-December 2008 issue of the Soil Science Society of America Journal. The research was funded ...
  • Finding the real potential of no-till farming for sequestering carbon

    ... , published in the May-June 2008 issue of Soil Science Society of America Journal, revealed that NT ... SOC pool was measured only within the surface soil (<20 cm), the data could have led to completely ...
  • Nitrogen: Nutrient of Life

    ... of nitrogen in the soil-plant-water system is now available in a new book by the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America.
  • Improving swine waste fertilizer

    ... manure from swine fed low phytate corn diets. Results from the study were published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal. Researchers found that field application of slurry from low-phytate ...
  • Getting to the root of the matter

    ... issue of Vadose Zone Journal. Some of the research in these papers was presented at the 2006 Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting (Indianapolis, IN) and the 2007 European Geosciences Union ...

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