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Successful defense of Benjamin Bukombe
Modell-based analysis of erosion-induced microplastic delivery from arable land to the stream network of a mesoscale river catchment.
New Preprint
Rehm, R., Fiener, P. (2023). Modell-based analysis of erosion-induced microplastic delivery from arable land to the stream network of a mesoscale river catchment. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4355586 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4355586
Soil carbon stocks in stable tropical landforms are dominated by geochemical controls and not by land use
New publication:
Reichenbach, M., Fiener, P., Hoyt, A., Trumbore, S., Six, J., Doetterl, S. 2023. Soil carbon stocks in stable tropical landforms are dominated by geochemical controls and not by land use. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16622
Does soil thinning change soil erodibility? An exploration of long-term erosion feedback systems
New publication:
Batista, P. V. G., Evans, D. L., Cândido, B. M., and Fiener, P.: Does soil thinning change soil erodibility? An exploration of long-term erosion feedback systems, SOIL, 9, 71–88, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-71-2023, 2023.
Non-inversion conservation tillage as an underestimated driver of tillage erosion
New publication:
Öttl, L. K., Wilken, F., Hupfer, A., Sommer, M., Fiener, P. (2022) Non-inversion conservation tillage as an underestimated driver of tillage erosion. Scientific Reports 12(20704). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24749-7.
Soil geochemistry – and not topography – as a major driver of carbon allocation, stocks, and dynamics in forests and soils of African tropical montane ecosystems
New publication:
Bukombe et al. (2022): Soil geochemistry – and not topography – as a major driver of carbon allocation, stocks, and dynamics in forests and soils of African tropical montane ecosystems. New Phytologist (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18469
Ploughing and tilling soil on slopes is jeopardising future farm yields
Researchers from the University of Augsburg and Lancaster University are investigating how soil tillage on slopes affects the crop yields of entire regions. The results of their study have now been published in the journal Nature Food.
Tillage exacerbates the vulnerability of cereal crops to drought
New publication:
Quinton, J.N., Öttl, L.K. & Fiener, P. (2022): Tillage exacerbates the vulnerability of cereal crops to drought. Nat Food 3, 472–479. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00533-8
UAS-based high resolution mapping of evapotranspiration in a Mediterranean tree-grass ecosystem
New publication:
Simpson et al. (2022): UAS-based high resolution mapping of evapotranspiration in a Mediterranean tree-grass ecosystem. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 321 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108981
World Soil Day, 5 December 2021
World Soil Day 2021 (#WorldSoilDay) and its campaign Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil management, fighting soil salinization, increasing soil awareness and encouraging governments, organizations, communities and individuals around the world to commit to proactively improving soil health.
Bodenerosion in Mitteleuropa - Auswirkungen des Klima- und Landmanagementwandels
New book chapter from P. Fiener, F. Wilken:
Wasser als Welterbe, Ressource und Forschungsobjekt
Lecture organized by Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften:
Harald Kunstmann (Universität Augsburg)
Peter Fiener (Universität Augsburg)
Rainer Helmig (Universität Stuttgart)