European Geosciences Union
Division on Soil System Sciences
President: Heike Knicker
(Emailsss@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Araceli Perez-Sanz
(Email)
ECS Representative: Sigrid van Grinsven
(Emailecs-sss@egu.eu)
Soil is the interface between the crust and atmosphere, and is the basis of life on Earth. The impact of soil science to the society has probably never been as high as it is currently. The importance of soils in the Earth system must make us, the soil scientists, more noticeable at the EGU. The aim of the Division on Soil System Sciences (SSS) is to coordinate the EGU scientific programme on soil science and related activities. The SSS contributes actively with EGU by promoting scientific interchange and dissemination of activity carried out by members.
Amazing soil pictures? Are you a photo artist? Share your work at Imaggeo, the open-access image repository of European Geosciences Union.
The 2025 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Wulf Amelung for pioneering research in uncovering the mechanisms of soil degradation and efforts to restore soil functions, thereby enabling sustainable agriculture and land use.
The 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Katerina Georgiou for significant contributions to the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of carbon cycling at a range of scales; from soil particle to field-scale, to global predictions.
The 2024 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Jan Willem van Groenigen for his outstanding work on the integration of agricultural management and environmental science as they relate to global change.
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Hyunsoo Seo Implementing Spatial Mapping and Sequential Gaussian Simulation for Probabilistic Risk Modeling of Heavy Metals Contamination in Urban Soils
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Lauren Porter Impacts of intensive wetting, stagnation and drying cycles on carbon pools and allocation within stormwater processing system substrates designed for multifunctionality
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Lavanya Veerabhadrappa Comparison of Different Color Space Model's Performance for Estimation of Nitrate and Phosphate in Soil and Water Using a Developed Smartphone-Integrated Imaging Device
The 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Daniel L. Evans for outstanding research in the field of exploration of urban soil ecosystem services.
In our February issue we take a look beneath the surface to how we understand whats going on beneath our feet, monitoring how ice deposits behave deep underground, and learn about the roles geodesists can play in our geoscientific landscape!
EGU's Simon Clark helps you get to the next level with your personal growth in 2025, and EGU says a big thank you to the over 11,900 volunteers that supported us in 2024. Now is also your chance to get involved in the Science for Policy interface in Europe by applying to join EGU's new Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force by 31 March.
The EGU25 Photo Competition is open until 31 March, submit your image to win free registration to EGU26 and don't forget to vote for the new Biogeosciences (BG) Division President by 24 March. All this and much more in this month's Loupe!