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: http://ow.ly/crlj50LRou1📸: Andreas Cramer
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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: http://ow.ly/4RGZ50LQlKH
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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: http://ow.ly/CX6A50LIgfv📸: Rintaro Kinoshita
#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: http://ow.ly/I3zI50KCKKJ📸: Provided by
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: http://ow.ly/GO9F50JJ3jO
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: http://ow.ly/KcE050LeK0h
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: http://ow.ly/SqZ450LFhWy📸 Rintaro Kinoshita
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: http://ow.ly/MKbf50KCK3h📸 Provided by
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: http://ow.ly/4pL650JIXwG
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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: http://ow.ly/14gz50Lrbqv
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: http://ow.ly/PvXE50L7s97
#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: http://ow.ly/cY3z50LgZE5
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: http://ow.ly/7gIo50L1o5n📸: Mauricio Ulloa
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: http://ow.ly/8Ux550JJ356📸: Rishi Prasad
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: http://ow.ly/MnQb50Lr9lz📸Andreas Cramer
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: http://ow.ly/jWNL50JGaXZ @USDA_NRCS_NSSC
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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: http://ow.ly/ZYB550LeJyq📸: Helen Jarvie
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: http://ow.ly/ruqu50JIWj8📸: Scinto et al
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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: http://ow.ly/ymOi50KUZpe
#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: http://ow.ly/zxQf50KkVJG
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: http://ow.ly/uLRa50LgZTF📸:
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: http://ow.ly/y0X050L7rQ1📸: Ignacio Massigoge
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: http://ow.ly/i2Sq50JJ2WY
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: http://ow.ly/9r4850KTrSt📸: Jim Ippolito
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: http://ow.ly/9APu50Let8I#ACSmtg
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: http://ow.ly/zaeU50LeJ3Z
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: http://ow.ly/TyBV50JGazA📸: Lori Gorczynski