On this day in History: German soldiers delivered a message from the German commander to the 101st Airborne commander in Bastogne, General McAuliffe. They demanded the unconditional surrender of the paratroopers who were cut off and surrounded by the Germans. McAuliffe replied

The Soil-Landscape paradigm revolutionized pedology and soil survey! A powerful paradigm!

Literally gives me chills after researching what it takes to become A Guard At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

Approximately 35% of the US Corn Belt has lost 100% of its topsoil, or A horizon. This results in an estimated economic loss of $2.8 billion and 6% crop yield reduction per year. Much of the US Corn Belt lies on soils once considered the most fertile in the world. Developed

How do methods for estimating soil P mineralization with radioisotopes stack up? How can they be improved? Newly published "In pursuit of soil P mineralization: A review and synthesis of radioisotopic labeling techniques" (SBB) provides a quant synthesis: doi.org/10.1016/j.soil…

Soil is the key sphere of the Earth Planet to achieve sustainability The multidisciplinary origin of soil geography: A review J Rodrigo-Comino, JM Senciales, A Cerdà, EC Brevik Earth-Science Reviews 177, 114-123, 2018 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

1/ She captured the photograph that revealed the secret of life. Yet her name was nearly lost to history. This is the story of Rosalind Franklin—chemist, crystallographer, and uncredited co-discoverer of the DNA double helix. A 🧵

A classic. What’s in a name? The importance of soil science data and information (including soil taxonomy) for ecology and biogeochemistry Read the paper here: researchgate.net/publication/25…

Long-term (>100 yr) experiments offer valuable insights to soil change under ag practices, but were designed before modern stats. How to navigate experimental design issues? Here we showcase an approach using the Morrow Plots in year 145 for SOC stocks: acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ae…

Plastering solar panels on thousands of acres of prime productive farmland is not a solution. It’s a problem.

Science is hard. It works if results can be repeated by others.

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Come say hi at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, IL next week. We want to chat about Illinois soils with you!

A Day in the Life of the busy Greenkeepers at Galway Bay Golf led by Damien Coleman😀 #ATPI #MemberSpotlight #galwaybaygolfresort #GolfClubsIreland #AssociationofTurfgrassProfessionalsIreland

This morning we met folks from South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, the Czech Republic and more! Come say hi! We are at the farm progress show each day.

The environmental impact of mining the rare metals required for windmills. Mongolia has large reserves of rare earth metals, especially neodymium, the element needed to make the magnets in wind turbines. Its extraction has led to a 5-mile wide poisonous tailings lake in northern

Golfers - we are looking for you! All other help is of course gratefully appreciated!!! ATI Golf Scholarship Outing buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/46906?…

Scientists in Italy built a water-absorbing gel, the crops flourish with little irrigation. It comes from a red seaweed & absorbs moisture at 70X its own mass. The plant extracts from marine algae, this gel nourishes seeds while dispensing water slowly. thecooldown.com/green-tech/wat…