Let's Talk About Global Issues
The Joint Working Group of the Soil Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of China is pleased to announce the scientific webinars jointly sponsored by the two societies! Cross-cultural and international scientific cooperation is essential as we face global issues of climate change, food security, water security, and environmental restoration. We have much to learn from scientists around the world, and our efforts will be strengthened and more effective when soil scientists are working together.
Two Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) webinars have been held in collaboration with the Soil Science Society of China (SSSC).
Webinar #2
Soil Science and Soil Health (5 Dec. 2023) WATCH WEBINAR RECORDING (SSSC YouTube)
The webinar features four invited speakers:
- Limei Zhang, Professor, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
“Soil health depends on inherent soil properties in the black soil region in Northeast China" - Harold M. van Es, Professor of Soil Science, Cornell University, Former President of SSSA
“Factors of soil health and benchmarking approaches” - Yuji Jiang, Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
“Community assembly and functional regulation of soil microorganisms and animals in farmland” - Kristen Veum, Research Soil Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, ASA President-Elect
“The Soil Health Assessment Protocol and Evaluation (SHAPE): A national approach”
Organizing Committee:
- Elizabeth Rieke, Soil Health Institute
- Kristen Veum, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
- Xiaoyuan Yan, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yong-Guan Zhu, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Event Contacts:
- Fang Wang, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wei Zhang, Michigan State University
- Marie Johnston, Soil Science Society of America
Link to Webinar #2 Program, Speaker Biographies, and Talk Summaries
Webinar #1
Soil Science and Climate Change (22 Feb. 2023) WATCH WEBINAR RECORDING (SSSA YouTube)
The webinar features four invited speakers:
- Rattan Lal (Former President of SSSA), Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
“Managing soils for adaptation and mitigation of anthropogenic climate change” - Xiaojuan Feng, Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
“Molecular alterations of soil organic matter in alpine grasslands under warming” - Sabine Grunwald, Professor of Pedometrics, Landscape Analysis, and GIS, Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Department, University of Florida
“Data- and sensor-driven modeling of soil carbon from local to global scale” - Tida Ge, Professor of Environmental Soil Science and Biogeochemistry, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University
“Dynamics of organic carbon cycling in paddy soil”
Organizers:
- Sabine Grunwald, Professor of Pedometrics, Landscape Analysis, and GIS, Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Michael Thompson (President-Elect of SSSA), Professor of Soil Science, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
- James Tiedje, Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University
- Fang Wang, Professor of Environmental Science and Soil Chemistry, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiaoyuan Yan (Vice President and Secretary General of SSSC), Professor and Deputy Director General, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jianwen Zou (Vice President of SSSC), Dean of College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University
Event Moderators:
- Fang Wang, Professor of Environmental Science and Soil Chemistry, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jianwen Zou (Vice President of SSSC), Dean of College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University
- Robert Horton, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
- James Tiedje, Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University
SSSA and SSSC Representatives:
- Michael Thompson (President-Elect of SSSA), Professor of Soil Science, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
- Xiaoyuan Yan (Vice President and Secretary General of SSSC), Professor and Deputy Director General, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Link to Webinar #1 Program, Speaker Biographies, and Talk Summaries