The impacts of mining in the Philippines

Mining is a top and very controversial environmental issue in the Philippines today. It is increasingly becoming a divisive issue too. The g...

Jackfruit is suitable for Leyte and Samar islands

Jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus ) is now an important crop in Leyte and Samar islands or Eastern Visayas (Region 8) in the Philippines....

Methane emission from rice fields

Methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are the end products of carbon decomposition in rice fields and other wetlands. Methane, a major gree...

Report on the 14th PSSST Scientific Conference held at VSU, Baybay, Leyte

The 14th Ann ual Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology (PSSST) was held at the Visayas ...

Soil Science is also called pedology

In American soil science, pedology (pedo is Greek for ground or soil) has recently been made as a subdiscipline that deals with soil morphol...

Leading Soil Scientist is Keynote Speaker of the 14th PSSST Conference in May 2011

Prof. Dr. KARL STAHR, Chairman of Division I (Soil in Space and Time) of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), the global associa...

National Conference of the Philippine Society of Soil Science to be held in May 2011

The Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology Inc (PSSST) will hold its 14th Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference on 25-27 May 2...