Knowing the fate of #gas is important for assessing impacts to #groundwater resources and releases to the atmosphere. In , scientists use a 3D printer to create sand packs for gas flow experiments. ow.ly/SrzM50LRpcr
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Using soil samples and neutron beams, scientists found that #microplastics in soil can impact how water flows through the soil. Their data also showed how microplastics could pool in certain areas rather than being evenly distributed: ow.ly/crlj50LRou1
📸: Andreas Cramer
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Final chance to register for the 2022 Limited Virtual Annual Meeting, which includes access to recordings of the Opening Keynote and ASF Lectureship Series along with virtual oral and poster presentations. Register and have access through Dec. 31. ow.ly/NJBL50LQo3G #ACSmtg
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Researchers at studied sewage treatment plants for the virus that causes COVID-19 and for medications likely to increase during the pandemic. These pollutants can end up in irrigation systems and bodies of water: ow.ly/4RGZ50LQlKH
📸 Penn State
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New featured #job opening in our Career Center!
The Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, WI is hiring a Research #Agronomist /Plant Physiologist/Biologist. Apply here: ow.ly/gpVg50LPq78
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It's #GivingTuesday! Help support our students by making a tax-deductible donation to the Sarah E. Lingle Priority Fund or Academic Undergraduate Scholarship Fund. Your contribution will support scholarships and travel grants. Donate today: ow.ly/KkRe50LPkFi
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New featured #job opening in our Career Center!
's Department of #Soil Science is seeking a teaching faculty member. Apply here: ow.ly/pgRX50LKiec
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Understanding factors that limit yield is crucial to #farmers. An apparent electrical conductivity sensor (ECa) can measure soil properties in 1-2 hours per fifty acres. #Soil core testing, meanwhile, can take weeks or even months: ow.ly/CX6A50LIgfv
📸: Rintaro Kinoshita
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#Soil carbon markets allow farmers to use best practices and in return earn additional income. Registries certify the process and the soil carbon credits can be sold to outside buyers to offset their #greenhousegas emissions: ow.ly/I3zI50KCKKJ
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Once a #soil testing lab receives a soil sample, the lab dries, grinds, and sieves it to make it uniform before running tests. They then create a report that is sent to #farmers to help them determine if they need to fertilize: ow.ly/GO9F50JJ3jO
📸: SSSA Staff
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After two Canadian cities upgraded their wastewater treatment plans, the number of damaging nutrients released into rivers plummeted. The result was a major improvement in river health. Read more: ow.ly/KcE050LeK0h
📸Helen Jarvie
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Scientists found that an apparent electrical conductivity sensor (ECa) is more successful in estimating #soil properties than soil core testing. These sensors can predict soil texture at different depths, and available water content: ow.ly/SqZ450LFhWy
📸 Rintaro Kinoshita
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Incentivizing climate-smart #farming practices by creating soil carbon credits is one way to reduce the impact of agriculture on the environment. Read all about soil carbon credits and #carbonmarkets in this new Soils Matter Blog: ow.ly/MKbf50KCK3h
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A study found that tree islands on the #Everglades can store nearly five times more organic matter (#carbon) than marshy areas. They can store over twice the amount of nitrogen, and almost six times the amount of phosphorus: ow.ly/4pL650JIXwG
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New featured #job opening in our Career Center!
is hiring an Economic Tools Development Senior #Soil Health Scientist. Apply here: ow.ly/qMeE50LooKL
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We're two days away from this FREE #webinar: "Management Strategies to Improve Phosphate and Potassium #Fertilizer Use Efficiency." Join us on Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. central. CEUs offered! Sponsored by . Register here: ow.ly/xggQ50LlOTn
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To measure the water flow of soil contaminated with microplastics, a team in Switzerland used radioactive neutrons. They found that high amounts of #microplastics in soil can cause the #soil to repel water: ow.ly/14gz50Lrbqv
📸: Andreas Cramer
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With lowered plant density, there is less competition between #corn for water and nutrients. Greater access to nutrients can cause the corn to grow tillers, a concern to some, but scientists found they may be beneficial: ow.ly/PvXE50L7s97
📸: Fernando Ross
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Curious about the future of carbon and ecosystem service markets? Catch the Symposium (and a reception) at 1:30 pm today at #ACSmtg in the Baltimore Convention Center, room 322.
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#Pennycress as a cover crop requires minimal nutrients after planting and its seeds can be harvested and sold to generate a profitable cash margin. Each acre of pennycress has the potential to produce 50-100 gallons of oil: ow.ly/cY3z50LgZE5
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A collaboration between U.S. and Uzbekistan scientists resulted in three new Pima #cotton germplasm lines resistant to Fusarium wilt race 4. Each line proved to have a good balance of resistance to the fungus and good #fiber quality: ow.ly/7gIo50L1o5n
📸: Mauricio Ulloa
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Plants need 17 essential #nutrients to function and carry their routine physiological processes. Of these nutrients, three are found in air and water: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The remaining 14 nutrients come from the #soil: ow.ly/8Ux550JJ356
📸: Rishi Prasad
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The production and use of plastics has been found to create a problem because #microplastics are accumulating in our soils. Researchers found that in large quantities, microplastics begin to impact how water flows through soil. Read more: ow.ly/MnQb50Lr9lz
📸Andreas Cramer
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In addition to their role in the global carbon cycle, #bluecarbon ecosystems provide many other services. Unfortunately, we have already lost one-third of mangrove, tidal marsh, and seagrass areas over the past several decades: ow.ly/jWNL50JGaXZ @USDA_NRCS_NSSC
📸M. Ricker
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Over the last decade, two Canadian cities used #nitrification at their #wastewater treatment plants to turn ammonia into other types of nitrogen. This dropped the total ammonia output to less than one metric ton a month, a 99% decrease: ow.ly/ZYB550LeJyq
📸: Helen Jarvie
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Soils on tree islands in the #Everglades are composed of low-organic peat, heavy peat, and peat soils. These types of #soil store large amounts of carbon in our ecosystems throughout the world. Read more about tree islands: ow.ly/ruqu50JIWj8
📸: Scinto et al
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What sessions are you attending at the Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, Nov. 6-9? There are numerous to pick from! If you haven't registered yet, there's still time to join us. Register today. ow.ly/1eSK50Lne3L #ACSmtg
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New featured #job opening in our Career Center!
The is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate: #Phosphorus Transport in Agricultural Systems. Apply here: ow.ly/pmPn50Lm2Ma
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Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) uses a series of electrodes in the soil to measure the electrical resistance of the ground. When #soil moisture rises, resistance drops. ERT can be used to predict #landslides: ow.ly/ymOi50KUZpe
📸: Adrian Wicki
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#Peanuts are loved by many and are used in a plethora of recipes, but peanut crops are plagued by plant diseases. Crop breeders recently released a new variety that has resistance to common leaf rusts. Read more: ow.ly/zxQf50KkVJG
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Pennycress #covercrops can withstand snow and extreme cold and still provide an excellent cash crop the following year. The seeds have oil which can be used in #biodiesel, bioplastics and as a source for inexpensive plant-based proteins: ow.ly/uLRa50LgZTF
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Researchers found that #corn tillers may be beneficial in fields with a low-density planting strategy. Data such as plant density, ears of corn per plant, tillers per plant, and corn #yield were collected and evaluated: ow.ly/y0X050L7rQ1
📸: Ignacio Massigoge
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Farmers rely on #soil testing to determine how much nutrients they need to apply to make a good crop. Limitation of one nutrient can have a big effect on overall crop #yield. Read more in this new Sustainable, Secure Food Blog: ow.ly/i2Sq50JJ2WY
📸: Rishi Prasad
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Scientists at recently reviewed 45 years of #biosolids land application research - highlighting the benefits of biosolids to raise plants to feed animals, to raise crops to feed people, and to do these things safely: ow.ly/9r4850KTrSt
📸: Jim Ippolito
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As associations that serve a large, global community of scientists, ASA, CSSA, SSSA is committed to efforts promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Register and sign up for one of the many #DEI Sessions available at the 2022 Annual Meeting: ow.ly/9APu50Let8I #ACSmtg
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Discharge of #ammonia into waterways can cause oxygen depletion, killing aquatic life. Researchers in Canada studied what happened when two cities upgraded their #wastewater treatment plants: ow.ly/zaeU50LeJ3Z
📸: Helen Jarvie
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New featured #job opening in our Career Center!
is hiring an Assistant Professor of #Soil Nutrient Management. Apply here: ow.ly/R9Sc50Lcme1
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Sign up for the next FREE webinar on Nov. 1, sponsored by : ‘#Soil pH: Causes, Effects, and Management.’ Learn more or register: ow.ly/SuyO50LaKGz
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Plant litter in blue #carbon ecosystems doesn’t decompose as fast as its terrestrial counterparts. Without oxygen, the #soil microorganisms responsible for the breakdown of organic matter are not able to work as efficiently: ow.ly/TyBV50JGazA
📸: Lori Gorczynski
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