Fields
Soil Science
Soil science studies the formation, composition, and function of soils as natural bodies and as the foundation of agriculture. It is increasingly central to climate research through soil carbon sequestration and to global food security.
Details
- Avg Funding
- $320K
- Key Technologies
- Stable Isotope AnalysisX-Ray Computed TomographySpectroscopic Soil SensingMetagenomic SequencingEddy Covariance Flux Towers
- Subfields
- Soil MicrobiologyPedologySoil Carbon DynamicsSoil PhysicsAgronomic Soil Management
- Top Institutions
- Wageningen UniversityCornell UniversityETH ZurichChina Agricultural UniversityUniversity of California Davis