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A recent article in Environmental Science and Technology identifies scientific facilities as high energy users. Mills, Evan. 2009. Sustainable scientists.Environ. Sci. Technol., 43:979-985. University sustainability, as rightly pointed out by Sky elsewhere in myResearchSpace (''A Sustainable Campus''), commonly focuses on 'green' or ecological ...

Musings on:Anand RR, Cornelius M, Phang C, 2007. Use of vegetation and soil in mineral exploration in areas of transported overburden, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: a contribution towards understanding metal transportation processes.Geochemistry-Exploration Environment Analysis, 7: 267-288. The use of soils and vegetation as sample media for ...

A new Comment has been posted in reply to A soil scientist's lament, by Professor Philippe Baveye (the author of the article mused upon in the original post). It's well worth reading. You can get to it by clicking here, too (scroll down to the bottom of the page).

...musings on Amundson R, Ewing S, Dietrich W, Sutter B, Owen J, Chadwick OA, Nishiizumi K, Walvoord M, McKay C. 2008. On the in situ aqueous alteration of soils on Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72:3845-3864. It's great when an article related to one's own discipline is about something exotic, and it would be hard to imagine a more exotic ...

Hiking the Summit by Simmons B. Buntin from Riverfall (Salmon Poetry, 2005) http://salmonpoetry.com/riverfall.html Reprinted in Salmon: A Journey in Poetry 1981 - 2007(http://www.salmonpoetry.com/anthology.html) _______________________________________________________________________ Hiking the Summit Thirteen miles have passed ...

Musings on:Byrne LB, 2007. Habitat structure: A fundamental concept and framework for urban soil ecology. Urban Ecosystems, 10:255-274. The title's claim of a ''fundamental concept and framework'' are ambitious, and this paper has a few shortcomings that leave it falling somewhat short of such lofty goals. Despite this, the stated overall ...

Trevors, J.T. and Saier, M.H., Jr. (2007). Academics and their knowledge are underutilized. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 186:1-2. ''Scientists and other academics are generally underutilized in numerous ways. For example, many scientists who also serve as instructors are not provided with the best infrastructure for use in teaching ...

Musings on: Baveye, P. C. & Jacobson A. R. (2008). Soil science education and the ''age of money'': reflections and concerns for the near future. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 187:1-4. This was a guest editorial in Water, Air and Soil Pollution, and I decided it to be worth reading; there's much to be said for a catchy title. The topic ...

Musings on:Stewart CE, Paustian K, Conant RT, Plant AF, Six A. 2007. Soil carbon saturation: concept, evidence and evaluation. Biogeochemistry 86:19-31. On first glance I thought that this was too obvious to be significant - if carbon input fluxes (e.g. litter fall) are increased (in a single step), then of course soil carbon will increase, but ...

Article for 2 July 2007:Parton W, Silver WL, Burke IC, Grassens L, Harmon ME, Currie WS, King JY, Adair EC, Brandt LA, Hart SC, Fasth B, 2007. Global-scale similarities in nitrogen release patterns during long-term decomposition. Science 315:361-364. Finding a global pattern in nature would be a worthy achievement for any scientist, and this is ...