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New Publication
Seufferheld, K. D., Batista, P. V. G., Shokati, H., Scholten, T., & Fiener, P. (2026).
A GLUE-based assessment of?WaTEM/SEDEM for simulating soil erosion, transport, and deposition in soil conservation optimised agricultural watersheds.
SOIL, 12, 301–319.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-301-2026
How soil erosion in tropical regions affects agriculture, water balance and climate
It‘s a change that often goes unnoticed: while tropical agricultural regions are delivering ever higher yields, soils may be changing at a faster pace than we think?— and not for the better. From March 2026, a new Emmy Noether Research Group at the University of Augsburg, led by soil scientist Dr. Pedro Batista, will focus on this barely visible but globally significant process.
New Publication
UV light and abrasion’s role in degrading plasticulture films.
PLoS One 21(3): e0344790.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344790
New Publication
Spatiotemporal variations in aeolian sediment source fingerprinting using geochemical tracers and a Bayesian mixing model.
Aeolian Research, 74, 101008.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2025.101008
Successful Defense of Cordula Witzig
Dr. Cordula Witzig passed her PhD defense ("Temporal Variability of Microplastic Concentration and Composition in Streams and Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents: Mitigation of Cross-Contamination, Long-Term Mixed Sampling, and Representativeness Assessment") in cooperation between Soil and Water Resource Research and Technologiezentrum Wasser Karlsruhe. We wish her all the best for the future.
Farmers’ Association Visits Institute to Discuss Plastic Use in Agriculture
We were pleased to welcome members of the Württemberg-Franconian Turkey Producers Association to the Institute of Geography for a constructive discussion on plastic contamination in agricultural soil systems.
New Letter
Scaling laboratory results with machine learning is no silver bullet to strengthen global (micro) plastic mitigation policy.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,?122?(42), e2515836122.
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DOI:?https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2515836122?
New Book Chapter
Accelerating soil erosion and sediment yields in (sub)tropical savannas of the Anthropocene, Elsevier,?Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, ISBN: 9780124095489
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DOI:?https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-14082-2.00158-7
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New Preprint
EGUsphere, 1-26.
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DOI:?https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3391
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New Preprint
EGUsphere, 1-20.
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DOI:?https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3146
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New Publication
Mignani, C., Hill, T. C. J., Nieto-Caballero, M., Barry, K. R., Bryan, N. C., Marinescu, P. J., et al. (2025).
Ice-nucleating particles are emitted by raindrop impact. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2024JD042584.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042584
New Opinion Paper
HESS Opinions: Floods and droughts – are land use, soil management, and landscape hydrology more significant drivers than increasing CO2??Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 2185–2200
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DOI:?https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2185-2025
