The 1st International Electronic Conference on Land

 

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Seminario internacional en línea sobre el diccionario multilingüe de la ciencia del suelo (vídeo)

Ya está disponible en el canal Youtube de la SECS el seminario en línea sobre el DiccMSC organizado por la Sección de Geografía de Suelos de la Sociedad Española de la Ciencia del Suelo (SECS) junto con la Alianza Mundial del Suelo (AMS) de la FAO y la Unión Internacional de Ciencias del Suelo (IUSS) con motivo de la celebración del Día Mundial del Suelo. 

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La erosión del suelo, uno de los mayores problemas medioambientales a los que se enfrenta España

 Reportaje sobre la erosión del suelo en la Sexta, con la participación de Jorge Mataix-Solera, presidente de la SECS.

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Jornada de Conservación de Suelos

Jornada de Conservación de Suelos de la Sociedad Española de Ciencia del Suelo.

Historia, mineralogía, explotación e impactos ambientales de un distrito de minería metálica del SE Español

Historia, mineralogía, explotación e impactos ambientales de un distrito de minería metálica del SE Español: La sierra minera de Cartagena-La Unión (Murcia)
Dr. Gregorio García Fernández

SER Europe Declaration

 

SER Europe Declaration #science4EUrestorenature from SER Europe on Vimeo.

Does forest restoration influence soil infiltrability?

En el día internacional de las montañas, nuestra última publicación en Journal of Mountain Science.

Infiltration, as a major component of the hydrological cycle, plays an important role in ecosystems, river flooding, and soil erosion. Therefore, this process has been studied on different soils, with different vegetation cover, and under different climate conditions. However, it is still necessary to know how infiltration rates depend on land degradation, vegetation cover, forest management, and forest restoration, since soil infiltration is related to soil hydrological function and hydrological ecosystem services. The aim of our study is to analyze the way reforestation and check dam construction have helped to improve soil infiltration rates in comparison with old, degraded land, different soils and vegetation covers in Central Spain. Therefore, three infiltration tests were carried out by means of a simple methacrylate infiltrometer ring, in four sampling plots, for five types of land use: (i) native holm oak forest, (ii) 60-year-old reforested pine wood, (iii) shrubs, (iv) sediment wedges of check dams, and (v) gullies and degraded hillslopes. Our results show much higher infiltration rates in the soil of 60-year old pine reforestation sites (1198.00 mm·h-1), and in the sediment wedges of check dams (1088.00 mm·h-1), than in those of degraded hillslopes (365.00 mm·h-1) and shrubland (420.80 mm·h-1). The rates were also shown to be close to those from the remaining patches of native holm oak woodland (770.40 mm·h-1). We also found that organic matter, humus and litter depth, and height of vegetation and cover, all improve soil infiltration rates, while slope degree, presence of coarse elements, stoniness, clay content, bulk density, and electric conductivity inhibit the rates. It was additionally seen that pine reforestation and check dam construction caused degraded land to recover its hydrological conditions to a level that is quite close to that of the ancient oak holm native forest, alongside ameliorating the hydrological cycle in the watershed. This information will be very useful for decisionmaking processes related to land restoration projects, forest management, and environmental policy.

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10th Anniversary of Land

This year, 2021, marks the 10th anniversary of the journal Land (ISSN 2073-445X). Land is the only open-access journal covering all aspects of land science, and it is a pioneering platform for publishing on land system science. Since 2012, there are 284 peer-reviewed articles that have been cited 10 times or more by 19 August 2021. We value the contributions of authors and reviewers. To celebrate this 10th anniversary, we are arranging a series of special content and events. We hope that you can join us to celebrate our journal’s milestone and enjoy the collection below.

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