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Soil Science Society of America, the Glossary

The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), is the largest soil-specific society in the United States.^[1]

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Earth sciences societies
Scientific organizations established in 1936
Soil and crop science organizations

Abdul Rashid (agriculturist)

Abdul Rashid, (born 1950) is a Pakistani agricultural scientist, who has served as a Member (Bio-sciences) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 2008 to 2011 and Director General of Pakistan's National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) from 2006 to 2008.

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Agronomy

Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation.

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American Society of Agronomy

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) is a scientific and professional society of agronomists and scientists of related disciplines, principally in the United States but with many non-U.S. members as well. Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy are agricultural organizations based in the United States, professional associations based in the United States and soil and crop science organizations.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Betty Klepper

Elizabeth Lee "Betty" Klepper (1936 – 2018) was an American agronomic scientist from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Data set

A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data.

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Dennis Keeney

Dennis R. Keeney (born July 2, 1937) is an American scientist in soil science and water chemistry.

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Ecosystem health

Ecosystem health is a metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem.

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Emil Truog

Emil Truog (March 6, 1884 – December 19, 1969) was an American soil scientist.

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Energy security

Energy security is the association between national security and the availability of natural resources for energy consumption (as opposed to household energy insecurity).

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.

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Food security

Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

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George Demas

George Demas (April 28, 1958 – December 23, 1999) was an American pedologist whose pioneering studies of subaqueous soil contributed to the understanding of soil formation and the expansion of the concept of soil.

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Gerald A. Miller

Gerald Arey Miller (born 1943) is an American agronomist, professor, and associate dean emeritus at Iowa State University, former director of its Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension, and former Project Director for the Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative in Iowa.

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Hans Jenny (pedologist)

Hans Jenny (7 February 1899 – 9 January 1992) was a Swiss-born soil scientist and expert on pedology (the study of soil in its natural environment), particularly the processes of soil formation.

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Hui-Hai Liu

Hui-Hai Liu is a reservoir engineer and hydrogeologist.

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Human impact on the environment

Human impact on the environment (or anthropogenic environmental impact) refers to changes to biophysical environments and to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans.

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International Union of Soil Sciences

The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), founded in 1924 under the name International Society of Soil Science, is a scientific union and member of the International Science Council (ISC). Soil Science Society of America and International Union of Soil Sciences are soil and crop science organizations.

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Jasper A. Vrugt

Jasper A. Vrugt (born 1976) is a Dutch scientist/engineer/applied mathematician known for his work in the earth sciences: surface hydrology, soil physics, hydrogeophysics, hydrometeorology, and geophysics.

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Johan Bouma

Johannes "Johan" Bouma (born 29 October 1940) is a Dutch soil scientist.

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John Mortvedt

John Jacob Mortvedt (January 25, 1932 – March 13, 2012) was an American soil scientist who worked with micronutrient fertilizer.

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Journal of Environmental Quality

The Journal of Environmental Quality is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research in the area of anthropogenic impacts on the environment, including terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic systems.

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Landform

A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.

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Leslie Swindale

Leslie Denis Swindale (16 March 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a New Zealand-born soil scientist, agriculturist, writer and a former chairman of the Department Agronomy and Soil Science of the University of Hawaii.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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Majid Hassanizadeh

Seyed Majid Hassanizadeh (سید مجید حسنی‌زاده; born 1952) is a professor of hydrogeology at Utrecht University, where he heads the Hydrogeology group at the Faculty of Geosciences.

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Mary K. Firestone

Mary K. Firestone is a professor of soil microbiology in the Department of Environmental Studies, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Natural resource

Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications.

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Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.

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Paul Goldberg (geologist)

Paul Goldberg is a geologist specializing in geomorphology and geoarchaeology who had done extensive worldwide field researches.

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Peer review

Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers).

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Rajiv Khosla

Rajiv Khosla is an Indian-American scientist and professor of precision agriculture.

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Rattan Lal

Rattan Lal (born 5 September 1944) is a soil scientist.

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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.

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Soil science

Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.

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Soil Science Society of America Journal

Soil Science Society of America Journal is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on all aspects of soil science.

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Vadose Zone Journal

The Vadose Zone Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 2002 and published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Soil Science Society of America.

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Waste treatment

Waste treatment refers to the activities required to ensure that waste has the least practicable impact on the environment.

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Water quality

Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water based on the standards of its usage.

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William Albrecht

William Albert Albrecht (September 12, 1888 – May 19, 1974) chairman of the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri, was the foremost authority on the relation of soil fertility to human health and earned four degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

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William H. Schlesinger

William H. Schlesinger (born April 30, 1950) is a biogeochemist and the retired president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an independent not-for-profit environmental research organization in Millbrook, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_Science_Society_of_America

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Soil Science Society of America, the Glossary

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See also

Earth sciences societies

Scientific organizations established in 1936

Soil and crop science organizations

References