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Pillars of Salt (excerpt) We always look back,attracted by that feelingof having been there before – the roadssinking, the soil weeping (scab on scablifted), fences sunk to gulliescatching the garbage of paddocks,strainers blocked by stubbleand machinery and the rungsof collapsed rainwater tanks / and maybethe chimney and fireplaceof a corroded ...

[Musings by Talitha Santini] The first article for the revived Journal Club was ‘Jarosite as an indicator of water-limited chemical weathering on Mars' (Elwood Madden et al. [2004] Nature, 431:821-823), chosen by Talitha because it was a short and reasonably simple article about soils on another planet. The authors used observations of ...

Glasshouse mountains ----------------------------------------- Exposed soil profile, Noosa National Park   Hell's Gate, Noosa National Park Stef at the Big Pineapple

FAREWELL TO THE EARTH Christopher James We buried him with a potato in each hand on New Year’s Day when the ground was hard as luck, wearing just cotton, his dancing shoes plus a half bottle of pear cider to stave off the thirst. In his *** pocket we left a taxi number and ...

[Edit at 29 May 2009 - the date has been shifted to Wednesday 3 June]   The poster at right was prepared by Talitha to publicise the first meeting of the Soil Science Journal Club for 2009...   ...we'll be discussing the article: Madden MEE, Bodnar RJ, Rimstidt JD. 2004. Jarosite as an indicator of water-limited chemical ...

Last week I had the opportunity to catch up with a few researchers in Brisbane who are also involved in bauxite residue mud research. It’s hard to know what to expect from people when you’ve only arranged to meet them over email, but they were all very friendly and more than happy to discuss different aspects of residue rehabilitation. Nerds of a ...

The journal Urban Ecosystems has just published a Special Issue on Soils. As our planet and its human populations become increasingly urbanised, this would seem to be a growth area for the earth and ecological sciences. Some of the articles from this issue of the journal: A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks between residential turf ...

I was very proud of myself in the weekend. Some time after renovating our bathrooms at home, we found brownish water stains on the otherwise glossy white acrylic vanity tops. Not a good look. Guessing that these were some sort of iron oxide precipitate, I suggested that my wife try a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda on the stain. As you ...

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).