May 18, 1920, during a meeting of the German Geographical Society in Leipzig, meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener presents his theory that continents move over time, providing also a map showing the former position of the continents
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May 5, 1818, birthday of German philosopher Karl #Marx. His thoughts on #economy & #society may well known, but Marx was actually also interested in #geology & copied some geological drawings, like the basalt cliffs of Staffa, Scotland ⚒️
Soils with relatively low degrees of pedogenic development, derived from mudstone badlands in southwestern Taiwan.
Vegetation root growth influences soil development, and soil profiles indicate organic matter inputs in the surface layer.
📢New paper out:
"A classification framework for mapping lunar soils"
We propose a structured system to classify lunar soils for ISRU and future Moon missions — tested on the Apollo 15 deep core.
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🔗 acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…#Pedology#Soil#ISRU#Regolith#Moon
🌍Today is 12th #WorldSoilDay!
To celebrate, @PEDOSPHERE prepared Virtual Special Issue on Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities for Celebrating the 12th World Soil Day 🌱🏙️
#WSD2025#SoilHealth
🌎AFES has won the 2025 King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award for the 2024 campaign “Caring for Soils: Measure, Monitor, Manage”
In 2025 WSD events continue with the1st European Soil Festival in May as part of the SOILSCAPE project
🎉Congrats to AFES for 12 years of soil awareness
New in Geoderma: "From rock to soil: Saprock genesis and its legacy for subsoil structure and micro-aggregate formation during pedogenesis" by Michaela Aehnelt & Kai U. Totsche. buff.ly/Sm78k64@UniJena
Yakutsk, 2017/8/28! Sinking permafrost. It has already melted and turned into gley soil. To my surprise, I found my soil survey shovel, which I had lost a few years ago.
Article: Samples returned from asteroid Bennu largely comprise hydrated sheet-silicates with sulfides, magnetite and carbonate that indicate alteration by a fluid that evolved from neutral to alkaline
nature.com/articles/s41561-0…
This @WRB2022 excursion in 2019 was the most beautiful trip I've ever taken 🤩. Traveling thousands of kilometers through the breathtaking landscapes 🏔️🏜️of #Mongolia and loaking at its #soils. Thanks to @Undurxu for this wonderful trip.