News Releases Archive

August 2008

• Biological Selenium Removal: The Solution to Pollution?
• Getting to the Root of the Matter
• Measuring Calcium in Serpentine Soils
• Can Biofuels be Sustainable?
• Scientists Team Up in Houston to Tackle Global Challenges
• A Simple Twist of Evolution
• Bacterial Persistence in Streams

July 2008

• No-Tillage Plus
• Soil’s Carbon Storage Capacity Investigated
• Experts to Provide Peek of Smithsonian Soils Exhibit
• Colorado Senator Receives Soil Stewardship Award
• Teaching in a Disruptive Classroom
• New Natural History Exhibition Reveals The Impact of Soil on All Life on Earth
• Kids Book Features Inside Scoop on Soil
• Dioxin Risk in Soil and Plant Tissues after Long-Term Biosolids Application
• Crop Management: How Small Do We Go?
• Senate Resolution Shines Spotlight on Importance of Soils
• Improving Swine Waste Fertilizer

June 2008

• Statistical Relationships Simplified
• Pesticides Persist in Ground Water
• Where Is Your Soil Water? Crop Yield Has the Answer
• Goats Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing for Pastures
• Positive Perceptions from a Young American Farmer
• Holistic Study Approach Expands Understanding of Agricultural Chemicals in the Environment

May 2008

• Sophisticated Soil Analysis for Improved Land Use
• Organic Corn: Increasing Rotation Complexity Increases Yields
• Biotechnology vs. Sustainability: What Do Students Think?
• Fecal Microorganisms Inhabit Sandy Beaches of Florida
• Keeping Yields, Profits, and Water Quality High
• Finding the Real Potential of No-Till Farming for Sequestering Carbon
• Officers Elected to Fill Scientific Society Boards

April 2008

• The Sweet World of Soil Microbiology
• Global Food Crisis: Experts Available to Comment
• What's In Your Soil?
• Bayer CropScience Supports Soils Exhibition with Donation
• Herbicide-Tolerant Crops Can Improve Water Quality
• Inaugural Kirkham Gold Medal Presented to Expert on Soil Physics
• Self Seeding: An Innovative Management System
• Soil Science on D-Day
• Congressional Luncheon Briefing on Biofortification of Crops
• Food Biotechnology: Real World Challenges
• Outstanding Undergraduates Recognized in Agronomy, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences

March 2008

• Fueling Ethanol Production While Protecting Water Quality
• Specialized Equipment Donated for Soils Exhibition
• Are Organic Crops as Productive as Conventional?
• Satellites Help Map Soil Carbon Flux
• Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Observe Hidden Underground Water Processes
• Get Ready for a Learning Experience: Your Final Graduate School Year
• Global Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rise Affects Invasive Plants
• The Organic Farming Effect
• Are existing large-scale simulations of water dynamics wrong?

February 2008

• Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
• Management Practices Affect Soil Carbon Dioxide Emission and Carbon Storage
• Are Transgenic Cotton Cultivars More Profitable?
• Tracking Sulfur and Nitrogen in Snow Provides Clues to Acidification
• Tropical Soils Impede Landmine Detection
• Teach Students To Use Online Literature

January 2008

• Detecting Synthetic Fertilizers: Is It Organic or Not?
• Scientists to Gather in Houston in October to Celebrate International Year of Planet Earth
• After 10,000 Years of Agriculture, Whither Agronomy?
• The Value of Memoir Writing
• Water Quality Impacts from Intensive Forest Practices

December 2007

• Getting To Know a Catena: A Field Exercise for Introductory Soil
• Improved Crop Mapping Tools Bode Well for Farmers
• Feedlots a Source of Atmospheric Ammonia
• Site-Specific Nutrient Management Sees Increases in Rice Yields
• Hawaiian Case Study Challenges Students

November 2007

• Dollars for ‘Dig It!’ Exhibit
• Where Does Stored Nuclear Waste Go?
• Manure Management Reduces Levels of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes
• Weather and Water Conditions Reveal E. coli Concentrations at Indiana Beaches

October 2007

• Longer Lessons Make for a Better Short Game
• Can Organics Produce Profits?
• Norman Borlaug, Rob Horsch to Keynote World Hunger Lecture
• Food and Environmental Sustainability Focus of ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings
• CAST Rolls Out Biofuel Commentaries in New Orleans
• The Race for Biofuels Driving Alternative Sources of Biomass
• Presidents of Iceland, Bangladesh to discuss global climate change in New Orleans
• Soil, Conservation Experts to Reflect on Hurricane Katrina Disaster
• Now is Africa's Turn for a Green Revolution, Global Experts Say
• Online Students Get Dirty

September 2007

• Emphasizing the 'Precision' in Precision Agriculture
• Experts to Address Farmers' Role in Managing Clean Water
• The Science Behind the Food We Eat and the Earth on Which it Grows
• Simulating Kernel Production Influences Maize Model Accuracy
• USGS Coalition to Host Congressional Reception

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