Soils science

13 Feb 2009	Soils ain�t soils: NSW DPI on the front foot with carbon sequestration potential in soils. With the potential for carbon sequestration in Australian soils such a hot topic at the moment, NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has dedicated two up-to-date and informative web pages to the issue.
27 Nov 2008	Soils chemist wins Piper award for cadmium work Soils chemist, Paul Milham, received an industry award for the best published original research in the field of soil chemistry.
13 Mar 2008	Protecting water from phosphorus run-off Soil phosphorus and runoff concentrations take a long time to decline, once they build up from application of phosphorus fertiliser and are sensitive to application of more.
31 Jan 2008	More 'beam time' needed to map cadmium NSW DPI scientist Paul Milham is planning a return for more valuable ‘beam time’ at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) near Chicago in his bid to develop a method for mapping the micro-scale concentration of cadmium in soils.
21 Dec 2007	Developing Aceh's compost from the ground up Stronger linkages between the fledgling compost industry of tsunami-affected Aceh, (Indonesia) and Australia continue to be strengthened with a $2,000 donation.
27 Sep 2007	NSW DPI soils scientist among world's top ten Respected international journal Soil & Tillage Research has named NSW DPI scientist Yin Chan as one of the world's most read soil scientists.
04 Sep 2007	NSW DPI soils scientist amongst world's top ten Soils are regarded as one of the last frontiers: the basis of all life on dry land. And according to the respected international journal Soil & Tillage Research, scientific interest in soils is growing.