European Geosciences Union
Division on Soil System SciencesDeputy President: Lily Pereg (sss@egu.eu)
Soil is the interface between the crust and atmosphere, and is the basis of life on earth. The impact of Soil Science to the society has probably never been as high as it is currently. The importance of soils in the Earth System must make us, the soil scientists, more noticeable at the EGU.
The aim of the SSS is to coordinate the EGU scientific programme on Soil Science and related activities. The SSS contributes actively with EGU by promoting scientific interchange and dissemination of activity carried out by members.
Amazing soil pictures? Are you a photoartist? Share your work at Imaggeo, the open-access image repository of EGU.
Lorena M. Zavala (Univ. of Sevilla) holds a soil
aggregate composed of organic matter from a
peatland from the Wicklow Mountains (Ireland)
The 2018 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Yakov A. Pachepsky for outstanding research in the field of soil hydraulic properties and the fate of pathogens in soils, which greatly influenced the development of soil science.
The 2018 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award is awarded to Matthias Vanmaercke for his outstanding research on understanding the rates and impacts of soil erosion and catchment sediment export at regional and continental scales.
The 2017 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Peter Smith for his contribution to understanding the role of the soil system in the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles with special attention to carbon emissions and sequestration under the threat of climate change.
The 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award is awarded to Victoria Arcenegui for her contribution to understanding the effect of forest fires in soil water repellency, aggregation, and the development of new techniques and indicators to assess post-fire soil status and management.
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Chantal Hendriks How to feed environmental studies with soil information to address SDG ‘Zero hunger’
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Dorothee Post Are hardwood species suited for reconstructing landslides?
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Guillaume Piton A generic Froude scale model study of massive bedload deposition in a debris basin
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Lars Arne Meier Soil micromorphology, geochemistry and microbiology at two sites on James Ross Island, Maritime Antarctica
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Matthias B. Siewert High-resolution mapping and spatial variability of soil organic carbon storage in permafrost-affected soils
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Olga Vindušková Soil organic matter dynamics on a long chronosequence of landslides in the Outer Western Carpathians
This month we are highlighting two new studies published in EGU journals. One, published in The Cryosphere, shows how much sea level would rise following the collapse of two Antarctic ice shelves. The other, featured in Biogeosciences, shows that oxygen loss in the coastal Baltic Sea over the past century is unprecedented in the last 1500 years. You can read the press releases for both studies on the EGU website.
Also this month, we have opened the call for candidates for EGU Treasurer: if you'd like to nominate yourself or propose a candidate, you can do so by 15 September.
Finally, if you'd like to apply for financial support from the EGU to organise a meeting, make sure to submit an application by 15 August. This is also the deadline to submit proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates at the EGU 2019 General Assembly. The deadline for scientific sessions is 6 September.