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Forest residue mulching reduces post-fire soil erosion
Sergio A. Prats University of Aveiro, Portugal Team members spreading forest residues on the surface of burned soils. Credit: Sergio A. Prats. Still under the effect of the last wave of wildfires of...
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Monday paper: Seasonal changes in the soil hydrological and erosive response...
Gabarrón-Galeote, M.A., Martínez-Murillo, J.F., Quesada, M.A., Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D. 2013. Seasonal changes in the soil hydrological and erosive response depending on aspect, vegetation type and soil...
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Soils at Imaggeo: soil erosion in olive groves
Artemi Cerdà, Spain Soil erosion effects in olive-cropped soils, by Artemi Cerdà. Click to see the original picture at Imaggeo. Olive-cropped soils in Spain cover more than 2.4 million ha, 75% in...
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Monday paper: Modelling soil organic carbon stocks in global change...
Muñoz-Rojas, M., Jordán, A., Zavala, L. M., González-Peñaloza, F. A., De la Rosa, D., Pino-Mejias, R., and Anaya-Romero, M. 2013. Modelling soil organic carbon stocks in global change scenarios: a...
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Soils going red: Terra rossa
Red soil at São Brás de Alportel (Portugal). Credit A. Jordán (http://personal.us.es/ajordan). The term “terra rossa” comes from the Italian for “red soil” or “red earth”. Although terra rossa exists...
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Soil color never lies
Soil balls made by students in the laboratory showing different colors. Credit: Antonio Jordán. Click to see the original picture at Imaggeo. Often, soil color is described using general terms such as...
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Monday paper: Soil carbon stocks and their variability across the forests,...
Doblas-Miranda, E., Rovira, P., Brotons, L., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Retana, J., Pla, M., and Vayreda, J. 2013. Soil carbon stocks and their variability across the forests, shrublands and grasslands of...
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Mediterranean Environmental Research Group (GRAM)
By Marc Oliva The Mediterranean Environmental Research Group, (GRAM) from the University of Barcelona has over 20 years of working experience in the field of the effects of forest fires on soil...
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Wildfires and soil: Where are we now?
Lorena M. Zavala. University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain Antonio Jordán. University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain Jorge Mataix-Solera. University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain Artemi Cerdà. University of...
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(Sicilian farmers look) Back to the future
Sicilian farmers are returning to cultivate ancient seed. This is to recover the ancient wisdom that feed the island and Italy since ancient times. Giuseppe Li Rosi is a local farmer and one of the...
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