Soil science is a relatively new discipline which has mainly developed since the 1880s. It uses terms, methods and processes borrowed from other basic disciplines like climatology, geology, chemistry, physics and biology, but with a direct application to soils. At present, it is difficult to speak about one single science but as soil sciences, as they cover several fields including: pedology (o...

D. SOLOMON, J . LEHMANN, I . LOBE, C. E. MARTINEZ, S. TVEITNES, C. C. DU PREEZ & W. AMELUNG Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Bradfield and Emerson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Berlin University of Technology, Institute of Ecology, Department of Soil Science, Salzufer 12, 10587 Berlin, Germany, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 418 ASI Building, The Pennsylvania Stat...

Supplemental Material Transport and Retention of Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Coated Silver Nanoparticles in Natural Soils Dengjun Wang 1, , Deb P. Jaisi , Jing Yan , Yan Jin , Dongmei Zhou * 1 Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China 2 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark...

a State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China b State Key Laboratory of Environment and Resources Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China c Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, ...

a National Engineering Laboratory of Soil Nutrient Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China b Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain c Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands d University of Ch...

a Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, MS 2117, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2117, USA b Soil and Crop Sciences Department, Texas A&M University, 370 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843-2474, USA c Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida Gainesville, 2169 McCarty Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-0290, USA d Department of Crop and Soil Science...

Charles Pepe-Ranney1, Chantal Koechli 2, Ruth Potrafka 3, Cheryl Andam 2, Erin Eggleston 2, Ferran Garcia-Pichel 3, Daniel H Buckley1,∗ 1Cornell University, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA 2Cornell University, Department of Microbiology, Ithaca, NY, USA 3Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Correspondence*: Daniel H Buckley Cornell Unive...

Because of the almost total lack of geological record on the Earth's surface before 4 billion years ago, the history of the Earth during this period is still enigmatic. Here we describe a practical approach to tackle the formidable problems caused by this lack. We propose that examinations of lunar soils for light elements such as He, N, O, Ne, and Ar would shed a new light on this dark age in ...

Waqar Ahmad1, Munir H. Zia2, Sukhdev S. Malhi3, Abid Niaz4 and Saifullah5,6 1Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, 2Research & Development Section, Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd, Rawalpindi, 3Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Melfort, Saskatchewan, 4Soil Chemistry Section, Institute of Soil Chemistry & Environmental Sciences, Ayub Agricultural Research In...