Historical highlights in American soil science — Prehistory to the 1970s

Brevik, Eric C.; Fenton, Thomas E.; Homburg, Jeffrey A.

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.003

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“…Soil Survey Curtis Marbut, and the death of Whitney in 1927 finally allowed the wider acceptance of Russian soil science in the United States. 71…”

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The international dissemination of Russian genetic soil science (pochvovedenie), 1870s – 1914

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This article considers the international dissemination of the Russian innovation of genetic soil science, devised by a team of scientists led by V. V. Dokuchaev in the 1870s and 1880s, over the decades down to 1914. Russian soil science was disseminated by articles in foreign languages, exhibits at world fairs, papers read by Russian scientists at international conferences, visits by Russian soil scientists abroad and correspondence with foreign scientists. Acceptance came sooner in Europe, but took longer in the United States where, in spite of attempts to disseminate the innovation, it encountered institutional resistance.

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“…Soil Survey Curtis Marbut, and the death of Whitney in 1927 finally allowed the wider acceptance of Russian soil science in the United States. 71…”

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“…29 An illustrated Book of the Fair, published in 1894, described the Russian agricultural exhibit, but not the soils. 30 Even the Russian official report on its section at the Chicago fair missed out the Russian soil exhibit. 31 American soil scientists seem not to have taken great interest in the Russian soil exhibit at Chicago.…”

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The international dissemination of Russian genetic soil science (pochvovedenie), 1870s – 1914

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“…During the early 20th century there was a move to distance soil science from geology within the USA, but that trend began to reverse as soil geomorphology was emphasized in the 1950s through 1970s (Brevik et al, 2016b;Landa and Brevik, 2015). Another way that geology and soil science has reconnected has been in the use of soil survey information to address geologic mapping issues (Brevik and Miller, 2015).…”

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“…With a few exceptions during periods such as the World Wars in the early and mid-1900s, soil science as a discipline saw steady growth in the USA from the end of the 1800s through the 1970s (Brevik et al, 2016b). However, the 1980s saw a general global economic downturn (Garrett, 1998), and budgets for soil work also saw declines during this period (Hartemink and McBratney, 2008) with the USA being no exception.…”

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“…However, the recent history (last~35 years) of soil science has received much less attention than the history of 50 + years ago, and there have not been any previous attempts to synthesize a major portion of this recent history into a single publication. This paper, the second in a two part series along with Brevik et al (2016b), aims to synthesize information from a wide variety of scholarly communities, including archaeology, geography, geology, history, and pedology, to create a timeline of soil knowledge and advancements within the USA. This paper focuses primarily on soil landscapes, soil-human interactions, and several of the advances in technology that allowed study in these areas to expand at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries.…”

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Selected highlights in American soil science history from the 1980s to the mid-2010s

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Soil science education: A multinational look at current perspectives

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Kržić

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Soil knowledge is essential to address modern global challenges. Soil science education began with soil survey and agricultural activities, with a focus on the traditional subdisciplines of soil chemistry, soil physics, pedology, soil mineralogy, and soil biology. Soil education has evolved to address the needs of an increasing variety of fields and increasingly complex issues, as seen through the move to teach soil content in programs such as biological and ecological sciences, environmental science, and geosciences. A wide range of approaches have been used to teach soil topics in the modern classroom, including not only traditional lecture and laboratory techniques but also soil judging, online tools, computer graphics, animations, and game‐based learning, mobile apps, industry partners, open‐access materials, and flipped classrooms. The modern soil curriculum needs to acknowledge the multifunctionality of soils and provide a suite of conduits that connect its traditional subdisciplines with other cognate areas. One way to accomplish this may be to shift from the traditional subdiscipline‐based approach to soil science education to a soil functions approach. Strategies to engage the public include incorporating soil topics into primary and secondary school curricula, engaging the public through museums and citizen science projects, and explaining the significance of soil to humanity. Soil education has many challenges and opportunities in the years ahead.

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Historical highlights in American soil science — Prehistory to the 1970s

Cited by 15 publications

References 60 publications

The international dissemination of Russian genetic soil science (pochvovedenie), 1870s – 1914

The international dissemination of Russian genetic soil science (pochvovedenie), 1870s – 1914

Selected highlights in American soil science history from the 1980s to the mid-2010s

Soil science education: A multinational look at current perspectives

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