Steve Lavell

An image (video still) of a soil bolus. From Soil Quality: 2 Integrated Soil Management (Pluske et al. 2018)

Happy #NationalScienceWeek! Here are the steps to hand-texturing #soil - an important experiment that ANYONE can do. What does your soil tell you? soilqualityknowledgebase.org.au/soil-texture... #SQKB #soilscience

11.08.2025 05:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Image showing the Soil Quality Knowledge Base website on handset and desktop

#Soilacidity is an economic and natural resource threat throughout the south-western ag region of WA. It is est. more than 14m ha of #soil are acidic or at risk of becoming acidic to the point of restricting production: soilqualityknowledgebase.org.au/soil-acidity/ #SQKB

04.08.2025 03:48 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@murdoch.edu.au post-doctoral researchers Hussain Alattas and Samantha Viljoen take in Herron Sand Quarry. The quarry is almost 30 years old, has #Tamala limestone origin and #Podsol layer present. #GCSS2025

22.07.2025 06:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

David Rowe, DPIRD, Dawesville Cut. Hearing about the challenge of maintaining #soilfertility while preventing nutrient loss downstream. #GCSS2025

22.07.2025 05:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lands, Sands and Swamps: field trip underway! Emeritus Professor Bernard Dell talks Banksias and landscapes @murdoch.edu.au #GCSS2025

22.07.2025 02:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Around 84% of Australia’s plastic waste ends up in landfill. Scientists at the Bioplastics Innovation Hub are looking to tackle this statistic using microbes unique to WA’s ecosystem. @csiropublishing.bsky.social #sustainability #bioplastics #climateaction

17.07.2025 04:02 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0