Saskia Keesstra, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Description This composite shows a constellation of combined visual and infrared imaging of a smouldering combustion front spreading radially over a thin sample of dry peat. The central watch is created by a series of twelve wedges. Each wedge is extracted from a photo taken every 5 min …[Read More]
Division blogs
Energy, Resources and the Environment
Words on Wednesday: A multi-model analysis of change in potential yield of major crops in China under climate change
Words on Wednesday aims at promoting interesting/fun/exciting publications on topics related to Energy, Resources and the Environment. If you would like to be featured on WoW, please send us a link of the paper, or your own post, at ERE.Matters@gmail.com. *** Yin, Y., Tang, Q., and Liu, X.: A multi-model analysis of change in potential yield of major crops in …[Read More]
Soil System Sciences
Wildfires and soil: Where are we now?
Lorena M. Zavala. University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain Antonio Jordán. University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain Jorge Mataix-Solera. University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain Artemi Cerdà. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Are wildfires a natural ecological factor or an environmental problem? According to official statistics, during the 1990’s, about 1.5 millions ha were burned in Spain. In …[Read More]
Soil System Sciences
Monday paper: Simulating microbial degradation of organic matter in a simple porous system using the 3-D diffusion-based model MOSAIC
Monga, O., Garnier, P., Pot, V., Coucheney, E., Nunan, N., Otten, W., and Chenu, C.: Simulating microbial degradation of organic matter in a simple porous system using the 3-D diffusion-based model MOSAIC, Biogeosciences, 11, 2201-2209, doi:10.5194/bg-11-2201-2014, 2014. Abstract This paper deals with the simulation of microbial degradation of organic matter in soil within the pore space at a microscopic scale. Pore space …[Read More]
Seismology
EGU 2015 Imaggeo Photo Competition
The deadline for the EGU 2015 Imaggeo Photo Competition is fast approaching! If you are pre-registered for the 2015 General Assembly (Vienna, 12 -17 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! But hurry, there are only a few days left to enter! How …[Read More]
Soil System Sciences
Soils at Imaggeo: Fly ash dyke or landfill or pond
Kripal Singh, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India Description Fly ash, generated during coal combustion for thermal power generation, is dumped in man made ponds is a big problem to manage in several countries. In this picture, natural grasses are growing on a fly ash pond on National Thermal Power Plant, Unchahar, Uttar …[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
Words on Wednesday: Environmental soil quality index and indicators for a coal mining soil
Words on Wednesday aims at promoting interesting/fun/exciting publications on topics related to Energy, Resources and the Environment. If you would like to be featured on WoW, please send us a link of the paper, or your own post, at ERE.Matters@gmail.com. *** Masto, R. E., Sheik, S., Nehru, G., Selvi, V. A., George, J., and Ram, L. C.: Environmental soil quality index and indicators for a coal …[Read More]
Seismology
GPlates short course @ EGU – Make your own plate-tectonic reconstructions
A dedicated short course on the use of the software GPlates will be held at this years’ EGU. GPlates is a “desktop software for the interactive visualisation of plate-tectonics“. It offers a “combination of interactive plate-tectonic reconstructions, geographic information system functionality and raster data visualisation“. GPlates is an open-source software running on Windows, Linux and MacOS X. It …[Read More]
Soil System Sciences
Sure can smell the rain
Fly, thought, on golden wings, go alight on the cliffs, on the hills, where the sweet airs of our native soil smell soft and mild! Chorus of the Hebrew slaves, Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi Have you ever noticed the smell of rain? Why does wet soil smell so good? The smell of wet soil plants oils …[Read More]
Soil System Sciences
Monday paper: Bayesian calibration of a soil organic carbon model using Δ14C measurements of soil organic carbon and heterotrophic respiration as joint constraints
Ahrens, B., Reichstein, M., Borken, W., Muhr, J., Trumbore, S. E., and Wutzler, T.: Bayesian calibration of a soil organic carbon model using Δ14C measurements of soil organic carbon and heterotrophic respiration as joint constraints, Biogeosciences, 11, 2147-2168, doi:10.5194/bg-11-2147-2014, 2014. Abstract Soils of temperate forests store significant amounts of organic matter and are considered to be net sinks of atmospheric CO2. …[Read More]