European Geosciences Union
Division on Soil System Sciences
President: Heike Knicker
(Emailsss@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Araceli Perez-Sanz
(Email)
ECS Representative: Sigrid van Grinsven
(Emailecs-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 Division on Soil System Sciences (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 photo artist? Share your work at Imaggeo, the open-access image repository of European Geosciences Union.
The 2024 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Jan Willem van Groenigen for his outstanding work on the integration of agricultural management and environmental science as they relate to global change.
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Hyunsoo Seo Implementing Spatial Mapping and Sequential Gaussian Simulation for Probabilistic Risk Modeling of Heavy Metals Contamination in Urban Soils
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Lauren Porter Impacts of intensive wetting, stagnation and drying cycles on carbon pools and allocation within stormwater processing system substrates designed for multifunctionality
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Lavanya Veerabhadrappa Comparison of Different Color Space Model's Performance for Estimation of Nitrate and Phosphate in Soil and Water Using a Developed Smartphone-Integrated Imaging Device
The 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Daniel L. Evans for outstanding research in the field of exploration of urban soil ecosystem services.
The 2023 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Andreas A. Richter for his pioneering scientific contributions in soil ecological research, and his work as an excellent teacher and mentor for his students, following an inclusive approach.
The 2023 Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal is awarded to Ravendra Naidu for outstanding research on developing better ways to assess, characterise risks of, and remediate contaminated soil, and the potential impacts of contaminants on environmental and human health.
The 2023 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Gina Garland for outstanding research exploring how different agricultural practices impact soil functioning and environmental sustainability.
The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Christhel Andrade Diaz Strengthening the bioeconomy in tropical countries while preserving soil organic carbon stocks by recycling recalcitrant coproducts: A case study for Ecuador
The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Jana-Sophie Appelt Estuarine filter for trace metals and emerging contaminants: An example from Southampton Water, UK
The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Oleksandr Bonchkovskyi A detailed palaeosol record of Middle and Upper Pleistocene from the central part of the Volyn’ Upland (the NW Ukraine)
In our November Issue, learn about what happens to satellites that aren't operational anymore, follow the first steps of the HERA mission to a binary asteroid system and watch a webinar about the barriers to fieldwork for LGBTQIA+ researchers.
Get all the skills to get involved in Science Diplomacy with our resource of the month, and don't miss this month's EGUwebinar for World Soils Day on combining field studies with modelling on 5 December. EGU25 bstract submissions are OPEN now until 13:00CET 15 January 2025, and if you need financial support due to caregiving responsibilities, a disability, career status or another reason, apply for our new EDI Participation Support by 26 February 2025. All this and much more in this month's Loupe!