Symposium--Global Soil Mapping in a Changing World

Oral Session

S05 Pedology

Globally ecosystems have been undergoing profound and accelerated change that imposes threats to the functioning and sustainability of agricultural production and natural systems. To assess the distribution, patterns and evolution of soil properties at a global scale under imposed pressures of land use/biome, management and global climate change poses new challenges. Digital soil maps, models, and approaches allow synthesizing our knowledge in support of global soil mapping in a changing world. Concerted efforts are needed to link agronomic and pedogenic perspectives to assess soils at a global scale.

Cosponsor(s):

Global Agronomy
Monday, October 22, 2012: 2:30 PM-4:05 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 264, Level 2
Organizers:
Sabine Grunwald , Cynthia Stiles and Raymond R. Weil
Presider:
Xiong Xiong
2:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:35 PM
Providing Soil Information for the Global Community-the Globalsoilmap Consortium.
Jonathan Hempel, USDA-NRCS; Neil McKenzie, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2:55 PM
3:10 PM
Mapping Organic Carbon Stocks of Swiss Forest Soils.
Madlene Nussbaum, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH; Andreas Papritz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH; Andri Baltensweiler, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL); Lorenz Walthert, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
3:25 PM
Characterizing Multi-Scale Variation of Soil Organic Carbon in the United States.
Xiong Xiong, University of Florida; Sabine Grunwald, University of Florida; David B. Myers, USDA-ARS; Larry West, USDA-NRCS; Willie Harris, University of Florida; Nicholas Comerford, University of Florida
3:40 PM
Discussion of Soil Survey Reorganization
4:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
4:05 PM
Adjourn
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