Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Soil Science established in 1889
1525 Observatory Drive
Joined March 2020
Open to all disciplines who work in sandy soils! Abstract submissions for the 2nd Global Conference on Sandy Soils close on 14th March. @DPIRDWA @CSIRO @theGRDC @BizEventsPerth
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From all of us in soils in Madison we wish you a wonderful 2025. Another year for discoveries and memories, defying the impossible!
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Meet Jonah Naatz! He is graduating with a bachelor's degree in soil science. Hear Jonah talk about his time at CALS at https://t.co/g3JduUvtvg.
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From all of us in soils in Madison, Happy World Soil Day tomorrow. Here photos from the state soil: The Antigo silt loam
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How wet is America's soil? Nobody really knows, but CALS scientists are leveraging AI to map soil moisture across the country, which could be a game changer for farmers, climate models, and wildlife forecasts. https://t.co/aQtdNCh6AW
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Congratulations to Gregg Sanford, new assistant professor in soil and environmental sciences! He studies the impact of ag systems management on ecosystem services. His position is funded by the @dairy_hub. Learn more: https://t.co/9IoqUJ9OyB
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Plan to attend the Agricultural Research Station tour at Summit? Xia Zhu-Barker will showcase developments in her Campus-wide long-term lysimeter network in Wisconsin with Matt Ruark. Learn about the project at https://t.co/EG3fSlllfm Register now 👉 https://t.co/Q77b26ogYl
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Grateful to @ESA_org for the highlight of @bpropscience's new paper in @ESAEcology! Check out the press release below and the #OpenAccess paper here: https://t.co/1qut714oDq
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In the Northern Hemisphere, anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition contributed to the enhancement of the global terrestrial carbon (C) sink, partially offsetting CO2 emissions. Across several long-t...
Catch up on recent research from our journals with our tip sheet covering: 🔟The "tens rule" in invasion biology ☁️How declining N pollution is bad news for soil C 🌳Fungal friends prevent trees from tracking climate change ...and more! Find it here:
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Happy to share that our paper detailing iron sulfate for use on dollar spot suppression in WI, MN, and VA is now published. Thanks to @GCSAA @WGCSA @MnGCSA for funding this work! @djsoldat @kurtaculous @VTTurfPath @StrawTurf Check it out here: https://t.co/95XQVdG1yu
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Excited to share our new paper on naturally occurring nematicides of plant origin https://t.co/NAvDhBGsX8
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A review of structure–activity correlations for 262 plant-derived nematicidal compounds for controlling plant parasitic nematodes is presented. Chemical structures, sources, and isolation procedures...
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The science of global warming beautifully and simply explained by Dr. Carl Sagan, ca. 1985. ✍️
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Another full house at the @DepartmentSoil graduate seminar where @gregg_sanford made his first presentation as a SES faculty member. Fittingly the topic was the future of Midwestern agriculture
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Check out another cool new paper led by postdoc @gracecagle in @GEB_macro, where she examined microbes within the pitcher plant system and uncovered unique ecological processes governing the community assembly of distinct microbial guilds. @NSF-funded
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Aim Ecological theory suggests that dispersal limitation and selection by climatic factors influence bacterial community assembly at a continental scale, yet the conditions governing the relative...
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Huge congrats to @bpropscience on her first first authored pub hot off the presses in @ESAEcology! In it, she examines the effects of slowed atmospheric N deposition on the northern temperate forest soil C sink. Check it out 👇 @DepartmentSoil @UWMadisonCALS
Our ✨new paper✨ is out in Ecology! “Gains in soil carbon storage under anthropogenic nitrogen deposition are rapidly lost following its cessation” https://t.co/8ql1UQlvIC
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✨New paper✨ on sampling soils in urban ecosystems! @AlfredHartemink Use this link for free access until 11/30 ➡️ https://t.co/1fUL471LkN
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Congratulations to @DepartmentSoil's Jingyi Huang on being appointed to the Marvin T. Beatty Professorship in Soil Science! Learn more about Jingyi and the professorship: https://t.co/7mdbh3JnXi
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Thanks @UWMadisonCALS for putting the word out and thanks @USDA_NIFA for the support. We are super excited to work on this project. Also thanks to my awesome collaborators @JingyiHuang101 @ZhouZhang10 @Emsilva624 and supporter @RuarkLab
Congratulations to @DepartmentSoil's Xia Zhu-Barker on receiving a @USDA_NIFA grant for her project to help organic grain growers manage soil health and climate change impacts. Learn more: https://t.co/WRXbltRi8x
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We have several faculty positions available at various levels. Deadline is 1st November. Ideal candidates will possess expertise in environmental, ecosystem, or agricultural sciences and technologies, or a related field, with a strong emphasis on using AI. https://t.co/MfjTdkUZ54
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Congratulations to Jingyi Huang, Tu Anh Huynh, Chris Kucharik, and Dominic Parker on receiving CALS department professorships! Learn more: https://t.co/7mdbh3IQ7K
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