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IUSS Alert 71 (March 2011)
Information for and from the global soil science community
New Soil Science Journal
The SJSS is an international journal launched by the Spanish Soil Science Society published in electronic format every four months which welcomes scientific research in Soil Science from all countries and geographic areas. In particular, this publication seeks to act as a scientific connection between academic communities and other research centres whose activities are dedicated to the different areas of Soil Science represented by the Spanish Society of Soil Science: soil research, study, education, and management. It will be an open-access, free-of-charge for authors, peer-reviewed journal, that, from the very beginning, will comply with all the requirements for indexing and cataloguing of the main citation databases. The SJSS will be mainly in English, but will accept also contributions in Spanish and Portuguese. It will be published in the Universia portal ( www.universia.es/index.htm) together with other open-access electronic publications. The first issue will appear during this year. The instructions for authors can already be found in the web page of the Spanish Society of Soil Science: www.secs.com.es/normas.htm
Sensors
The Swiss open-access journal Sensors (impact factor 1.9) will launch a special issue on sensing organic pollution in soil, air and water. Organic pollution, including petroleum hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorinated aromatic compounds, and pesticides in soil, water and food, and its vapor in air are disastrous. Portable, rapid, cheap and robust sensing technologies, their sensitivity, selectivity, speed, reliability/robustness at various conditions are of interest.
Website: www.mdpi.com/si/sensors/sopsawf/ Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2011. Guest Editors: Claes-Göran S. Granqvist, Professor, The Ångström Laboratory, Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University Laszlo B. Kish, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Soil Science Society of America Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The Soil Science Society of America celebrates its 75th Anniversary in 2011. Founded in 1936, SSSA supports peer-reviewed publications, including Soil Science Society of America Journal, an Annual Meeting, science policy activities, certification programs, and educational outreach. According to President Chuck Rice, the importance of the soil ecosystem is moving to the forefront of discussions about climate change, food security, water quantity and quality, contamination, and human health. SSSA completed its assessment of the Grand Challenges facing the soil science discipline: click here. SSSA is planning several anniversary activities, including events at the Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, 16-19th October 2011.
Global move towards soil security needed
Leading international soil scientists have called on Australian governments and industry to lead the world in collaborating with farmers to increase the uptake of soil carbon for improved soil security. The call was made as part of at the recent global soil carbon summit held at the University of Sydney. Australian agriculture is set to experience the destructive effects of ongoing climate change first and hardest. The summit marked the beginning of an international soil carbon initiative to improve understanding and raise awareness of soil security in Australia and around the world. More info click here
Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Soil Mapping
The Division of Plant and Soil Sciences at West Virginia University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow in soil science at the National Soil Survey Center-Geospatial Research Unit. Responsibilities of the position are to conduct research on development of digital soil property maps at regional and continental scales in support of the GlobalSoilMap.net project. Efforts will include regionalizing and disaggregating existing soil survey information, incorporating existing and new point data, and investigating use of other environmental data to improve spatial prediction of soil classes and soil properties. For more information including how to apply, visit http://www.caf.wvu.edu/plsc/soilscience/postdoc_DSM.pdf or contact Jim Thompson (
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Meetings and Conferences
The 6th conference of the Urban Soils Working Group, SUITMA (Soils in Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas) will be held in Marrakech (Morocco), from 3 to 7 October 2011. After successful events in Germany, France, Egypt, China, and the United States, the 2011 conference will offer a further step forward in the knowledge of urban soils, focusing on the functions of SUITMAs in global change issues. Beside a three-day conference (3,4 & 7 October), a two-day field tour (5 & 6 October) will be offered to examine soils and landscapes, soil-based restoration, research, and mapping projects under semi-arid climate, and a post-conference tour (9 - 12 October) will be organized in Senegal to address issues related to urban soils under tropical conditions. For more detail visit suitma6.com
28th Congress of the Polish Society of Soil Science connected with International Scientific Conference „Soil - Human - Environment†will be held September 5 – 10, 2011 in
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