UNBC Hosts Nearly 200 Soil Scientists
July 4, 2008
The Canadian Society of Soil Science will be hosting its annual
conference at UNBC starting this Sunday. The event is attracting more
than 180 soil scientists from across Canada, making it one of the
largest national conferences ever held at UNBC.
The event will feature 120 oral presentations and about 70 posters displays. Keynote speakers will discuss land reclamation, the roles of snow and soils in local/global climate change, and the vital role played by soils for sustainable development in a world facing significant population growth. Presentations by UNBC researchers will highlight the warming of Arctic soils, the impacts of wildfires and clear-cutting on soil productivity, the effects of biomass removal on soil productivity, the microscopic organisms in soil that facilitate nutrient delivery to plants (such as pine trees and huckleberry bushes), the link between snow-melt and soil moisture at high elevations, the importance of soil to food and energy production, the storage of carbon in forest soils, grassland soils in northwestern Canada, and forest soils on glaciers.
Registration begins on Sunday and the research presentations will be held from Monday to Wednesday. Field trips will be conducted on Thursday, July 10, to the Ancient Forest east of Prince George, the Nazko Cone volcanic site west of Quesnel, and local agricultural sites.
For more information about the conference program, see www.res.unbc.ca/csss2008.
Contact:
Dr. Paul Sanborn, Ecosystem Science and Management professor, UNBC – 250.960.6661
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622
The event will feature 120 oral presentations and about 70 posters displays. Keynote speakers will discuss land reclamation, the roles of snow and soils in local/global climate change, and the vital role played by soils for sustainable development in a world facing significant population growth. Presentations by UNBC researchers will highlight the warming of Arctic soils, the impacts of wildfires and clear-cutting on soil productivity, the effects of biomass removal on soil productivity, the microscopic organisms in soil that facilitate nutrient delivery to plants (such as pine trees and huckleberry bushes), the link between snow-melt and soil moisture at high elevations, the importance of soil to food and energy production, the storage of carbon in forest soils, grassland soils in northwestern Canada, and forest soils on glaciers.
Registration begins on Sunday and the research presentations will be held from Monday to Wednesday. Field trips will be conducted on Thursday, July 10, to the Ancient Forest east of Prince George, the Nazko Cone volcanic site west of Quesnel, and local agricultural sites.
For more information about the conference program, see www.res.unbc.ca/csss2008.
Contact:
Dr. Paul Sanborn, Ecosystem Science and Management professor, UNBC – 250.960.6661
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622
