News: soil science

Scientists seek your soil for century-chemical study

Soil garden bed credit Greta Hoffman
Posted on Apr 10 2024 by Johnny von Einem

³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers are calling on South Australian citizen scientists to donate soil samples from their backyard gardens for a study examining how widely spread per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are in our home gardens.

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New inexpensive method to detect lime in soil

Ruby Hume taking soil measurements in the field.
Posted on Dec 13 2021 by Kelly Brown

³ÉÈË´óƬ scientists have developed a new simple, inexpensive and fast method to detect and measure very low concentrations of agricultural lime in soils, which is generally a time consuming and difficult exercise.

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