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Soil System Sciences

Soil System Sciences

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Hand covered with soil holding a soil worm formed by students during a field practical on manual soil texture analysis. — The Science of Touch Antonio Jordán

Close-up of numerous green Botrydium algae growing on moist soil, illustrating pioneer organisms that contribute to biological soil crust formation on a river terrace in southern Spain. — Tiny Spheres, Lasting Landscapes Antonio Jordán

Exposed rock face with grey and reddish-brown sedimentary layers. The strata are fractured and tilted at various angles, with some blocks displaced, interspersed with green moss and plants. — Falling Rocks and the Birth of Soil Antonio Jordán

A hollow in light grey, textured rock filled with reddish-brown soil and small pebbles. The surrounding rock is pitted and weathered with irregular edges. — A Small Place Where Soil Begins Antonio Jordán

Large, rounded grey boulders with rough, weathered surfaces and patches of green moss. They are clustered together in a natural landscape with green trees under a pale sky. — A Landscape Written in Quartz and Rain Antonio Jordán

Close-up of dark grey, layered rock with diagonal fractures. Patches of bright green and yellowish-green moss grow along the crevices and surfaces. — The Green Side of the Stone Antonio Jordán

Close-up of beige and grey sedimentary rock with a coarse, fossiliferous texture. Several deep, circular holes of varying sizes are eroded into the surface. — Once Upon a Time Beneath the Water Antonio Jordán

Dark grey, fractured rock face with prominent horizontal bedding and vertical joints. Small patches of bright green moss grow in the crevices. — Another brick off the wall Antonio Jordán

Large fractured limestone blocks at Cerro del Hierro, Seville, surrounded by reddish soil and sparse vegetation. The central rock shows several cracks and weathered surfaces. — The Unseen Work of Weathering Antonio Jordán

A small fern, Ceterach officinarum, growing along a narrow crack between two weathered rock surfaces. Its green fronds emerge from the fissure, surrounded by patches of lichen on the dark rock. — A Foothold in the Rock Antonio Jordán

Fingers hold a small moss-covered object against a blurred coastal backdrop. — Every Little Thing Counts Antonio Jordán

Tree roots cling tightly to the rock, providing both physical support and access to scarce resources. Beyond anchoring the tree, roots explore the substrate for water and nutrients, allowing vegetation to survive even in challenging environments. — Holding on to the rock Antonio Jordán

Hand holding a pale brown lump of soil with a straight, sharp boundary between a crumbly darker upper part and smoother lighter material, beside a green leaf. — A very sharp border between the plow horizon and the underlying loess Vincent Felde

Hand holding a knife with a yellow and black handle, its blade lifting a thin crust of sandy soil bound together and hanging threads, above a dry grassy field. — Biocrusts on a former air field of the Technical University of Darmstadt Vincent Felde

Freshly tilled pale brown field below a slope of bare trees and a blossoming tree, with a dark damp patch spreading across the soil from the forest edge, under a blue sky. — Interflow on a dry day at the edge of a forest Vincent Felde

Close-up of a pale grey soil aggregate, seen through a lens, with rusty orange-brown coatings lining its pores and cracks, held on a fingertip. — Extroverted Fe-oxides on the pore surfaces of a gleysol in the Fichtelgebirge Vincent Felde

Ploughed field of dark red-brown soil with a lighter yellow-brown patch turned up in the middle, edged by a strip of grass and bare trees under a grey sky. — Subsoil brought to light Vincent Felde

Deep rut in a beech forest, its smooth grey soil walls pressed by tyre treads, with a white folding ruler propped against one side for scale. — Severe soil compaction in a forest skid trail in central Germany Vincent Felde

Close-up through a lens of a small orange-brown soil crumb held by tweezers, its surface glossed with shiny brown clay coatings, against a pale backlit circle. — Clay coatings on pore surfaces of a soil aggregate from an illuvial horizon of a luvisol Vincent Felde

Muddy field deeply rutted by tyre tracks with puddles in the grooves, beside a large pile of sugar beet, a grass verge and a wet road under an overcast sky. — Severe soil compaction after sugar beet harvest in central Germany Vincent Felde

Clear turquoise river curving between white gravel banks, seen through bare trees from a woodland path, with forested mountains and a blue sky behind. — Sava river at Bohinjska Bela Szilvia Szilagyi

Tilted view of a wide heath covered in purple flowering heather, stretching to a line of green trees under a bright cloudy sky. — Perplexing purple - The Lüneburg Heath Kameswar Rao Modali

Tilted view of a wide grassy meadow sloping to a line of broadleaf trees, with tall weed stalks in the foreground under a blue sky with white clouds. — The Boberg Dunes - Hamburg Kameswar Rao Modali

Bright rainbow arcing over green hills with forest and rows of coffee bushes, above a sunlit pasture with a fence line, a parked pickup truck and farm buildings. — Campese's view, Andradas, Minas Gerais Tatiana Campese

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