New summer courses - 26.03.2010

This year, two additional summer courses are being offered by the SoilSoc-Nordic Network on Soils and Society:

Soil Degradation, Erosion and Restoration:
The aim of this course is to give students a comprehensive understanding of soil erosion, land degradation, and the scientific knowledge on means to stop erosion and restore degraded lands. The course is designed for students of environmental, natural, agricultural and related sciences. It is also quite suitable for Nordic students interested in work in developing countries. The course will also have a Nordic dimension by discussing the role of cryoturbation and geomorphology in soil erosion processes and address open lands and range lands, in addition to cultivated land.
The course includes extensive field trips using Iceland as a natural laboratory with nature experiences.

For more information about course details and registration, please visit: http://soilsoc.slu.se/courses/coursesSoilSoc/2010erosion.html

Remediation of Contaminated Soils
Contaminated soils pose a serious risk to human health and ecosystem functioning at thousands of sites in Nordic and other countries. The course aims at giving environmentally interested students comprehensive, state-of-the-art knowledge about soils contaminated with heavy metals, oil, PAH etc., and to provide them with skills and competences about the most important remediation methods and their suitability in relation to specific contaminations. Focus will be on bioremediation, phytoremediation and soil washing (extraction) methods. As a NOVA course, the teaching will logically address a wide range in the most decisive soil remediation parameters including climate, soil type and contaminant source, which will enable the students to act as environmentally friendly soil remediators both locally and globally.

For more information about course details and registration, please visit: http://soilsoc.slu.se/courses/coursesSoilSoc/2010Bioremediation.html