PPT-Advances in soils Increasing Human sustainability through applied knowledge and technology

Jim Akin BS in Agriculture SFASU 1978 MS in Soil Science Texas AampM 2001 Emphasis Environmental Soil Science 23 years of research and practice in soil science Disclaimer The views expressed in this presentation are my own and do not represent the views of any company or governmental agency. Add lots of OM to the soil compost manure of sheep chickens dairy horses Be sure to irrigate regularly the first year Dont stress the trees Make sure that you have an established working irrigation plan Make sure the irrigation system will reach all Physical . weather reduces the particle size of rocks and in doing so prepare the material for chemical weathering. The rate of all chemical reactions involving solids is determined by the amount of exposed surface area. These four drawing illustrates sequentially dividing particles into smaller particles. Assuming a dimension of 1 cubic centimeter . Sedzani. . Elia. . Muravha. 12 January 2012. Introduction………………………………………………………….... Characteristics of expansive soils…………………………………... Identify Basic Soils Properties. TEC C03-A01. Why is. . Soil . important ?. It is the foundation for. all types of pavement. systems and building. structures.. What is . Soil . .... is the entire unconsolidated . Rainscaping:. Soils 101. . Soils 101. Living, breathing dynamic system. Chemical, . physical . and biological characteristics. Soil . Formation -- 5 . Influencing Factors. C. limate . -. weathering, freeze, thaw, wetting, drying. What are soils?. Soils are a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water.. Different plants grow better in different types of soil. .. Clay Soil. Clay soil.  is an orange or blue-. Meghann Jarchow, Matthew Sayre, Shane Nordyke, and Paul Formisano. Sustainability Program, University of South Dakota. Education focused on sustainability is . not . based on a shared consensus of important concepts or curricular organization.”. University of California Cooperative Extension. Our agenda for today. Basic soil principles. The things we add to our soils. Amendments. Mulches. Compost. Fertilizers. Soils for the Gardener. Why are Soils Important to Sustainability?. Tundra comes from the Finnish . tunturia. ,. which means barren . or treeless land. However, the . tundra is not really barren. A . diversity of low growing plants . – including a few dwarf trees . …. Sustainability at UofL. Context-specific. Dynamic. Sustainable Systems:. Eliminate . Waste . & . Pollution. Eliminate . Abuse (to people, animals, planet). Rely . on Renewable Resources. Change . This volume is concerned with digital human modeling. The utility of this area of research is to aid the design of systems that are benefitted from reducing the need for physical prototyping and incorporating ergonomics and human factors earlier in design processes. Digital human models are representations of some aspects of a human that can be inserted into simulations or virtual environments to facilitate prediction of safety satisfaction usability and performance. These representations may consider the physical physiological cognitive behavioral or emotional aspects. They are typically represented by some visualization with the math and science computed in the background. Explicitly the book covers the following subject areas I. Applications II. Mobility and Universal Access III. Physical and Physiological Aspects IV. Product and Process Design V. Motion Analysis VI. Cognitive Aspects VII. Human Response and Behavioral Aspects VIII. Novel Systems Approaches This book is of special value to those researchers and practitioners involved in various aspects of product process and system design worldwide. Engineers ergonomists and human factors specialists will see a broad spectrum of applications for this research especially in the automotive and manufacturing industries military aerospace and service industries such as healthcare.Seven other titles in the Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics Series areAdvances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcarenbsp Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making Advances in Cognitive Ergonomics Advances in Occupational Social and Organizational Ergonomics Advances in Human Factors Ergonomics and Safety in Manufacturing and Service Industries Advances in Ergonomics Modeling amp Usability Evaluation Advances in Neuroergonomics and Human Factors of Special Populations nbsp The soil is the upper layers of the . regolith. that is accumulated materials of weathering product and thus supports plant growth. . Weathering Products. : . Product of weathering is . regolith. or . Soils support the growth of higher plants by providing a medium for plant roots and supplying nutrient elements that are essential to the entire plant.. Soil properties are the principal factor controlling the fate of water in the hydrologic system. Water loss, utilization, contamination and purification are all affected by the soil.. Samantha L. Colunga. 1*. , Leila Wahab. 2. , Engil Pereira. 1**. 1. School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. 2. School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced.