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Isotope Tracing of Long-Term Cadmium Fluxes in an Agricultural Soil by Salmanzadeh, Mahdiyeh, Hartland, Adam, Stirling, Claudine H, Balks, Megan R, Schipper, Louis A, Joshi, Chaitanya, George, Ejin

“…Globally widespread phosphate fertilizer applications have resulted in long-term increases in the concentration of cadmium (Cd) in soils. The accumulation of…”
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Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils of Bangladesh and management by application of organic amendments: evaluation of field assessment and pot experiments by Al Mamun, Shamim, Saha, Shatabdi, Ferdush, Jannatara, Tusher, Tanmoy Roy, Abu-Sharif, Md, Alam, Md. Ferdous, Balks, Megan R., Parveen, Zakia

“…In recent years, cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils and its subsequent transfer to crops is one of the high-priority environmental and public…”
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The effect of irrigation on cadmium, uranium, and phosphorus contents in agricultural soils by Salmanzadeh, Mahdiyeh, Schipper, Louis A., Balks, Megan R., Hartland, Adam, Mudge, Paul L., Littler, Ray

“…•Cd was preferably adsorbed in the top 0.2m of soil.•Cd mobilization was enhanced by irrigation.•Irrigation had more effect on P, and less effect on U, losses…”
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Dominant bacteria in soils of Marble Point and Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica by Aislabie, Jackie. M., Chhour, Kim-Ly, Saul, David J., Miyauchi, Shingo, Ayton, Julie, Paetzold, Ron F., Balks, Megan R.

“…A combination of culture-independent and culturing methods was used to assess the diversity of soil bacterial communities from four locations along 77 °S in…”
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Hydrocarbon Spills on Antarctic Soils:  Effects and Management by Aislabie, Jackie M, Balks, Megan R, Foght, Julia M, Waterhouse, Emma J

“…Antarctic exploration and research have led to some significant although localized impacts on the environment. Human impacts occur around current or past…”
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The joy of teaching soil science by Hartemink, Alfred E., Balks, Megan R., Chen, Zueng-Sang, Drohan, Patrick, Field, Damien J., Krasilnikov, Pavel, Lowe, David J., Rabenhorst, Martin, van Rees, Ken, Schad, Peter, Schipper, Louis A., Sonneveld, Marthijn, Walter, Christian

“…The fundamental purposes of teaching are to impart knowledge, insight, and inspiration. Around the world, university teaching principles are changing as…”
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A method for assessing the physical recovery of Antarctic desert pavements following human-induced disturbances: A case study in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica by O'Neill, Tanya A., Balks, Megan R., López-Martínez, Jerónimo, McWhirter, Judi L.

“…With increasing visitor numbers an understanding of the impacts of human activities in Antarctic terrestrial environments has become important. The objective…”
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Pan-Antarctic map of near-surface permafrost temperatures at 1 km 2 scale by Obu, Jaroslav, Westermann, Sebastian, Vieira, Gonçalo, Abramov, Andrey, Balks, Megan Ruby, Bartsch, Annett, Hrbáček, Filip, Kääb, Andreas, Ramos, Miguel

“…Permafrost is present within almost all of the Antarctic's ice-free areas, but little is known about spatial variations in permafrost temperatures except for a…”
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Pan-Antarctic map of near-surface permafrost temperatures at at 1 km2 scale by Obu, Jaroslav, Westermann, Sebastian, Brito Guapo Teles Vieira, Gonçalo, Abramov, Andrey, Balks, Megan Ruby, Bartsch, Annett, Hrbáček, Filip, Kääb, Andreas, Ramos, Miguel

“…Permafrost is present within almost all of the Antarctic's ice-free areas, but little is known about spatial variations in permafrost temperatures except for a…”
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Active layer and permafrost thermal regimes in the ice-free areas of Antarctica by Hrbáček, Filip, Oliva, Marc, Hansen, Christel, Balks, Megan, O'Neill, Tanya Ann, de Pablo, Miguel Angel, Ponti, Stefano, Ramos, Miguel, Vieira, Gonçalo, Abramov, Andrey, Kaplan Pastíriková, Lucia, Guglielmin, Mauro, Goyanes, Gabriel, Francelino, Marcio Rocha, Schaefer, Carlos, Lacelle, Denis

“…Ice-free areas occupy <0.5% of Antarctica and are unevenly distributed across the continent. Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics in ice free areas are strongly…”
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Corrigendum to “Active layer and permafrost thermal regimes in the ice-free areas of Antarctica” [Earth Science Reviews 242C, July 2023, 104458] by Hrbáček, Filip, Oliva, Marc, Hansen, Christel, Balks, Megan, O’Neill, Tanya Ann, de Pablo, Miguel Angel, Ponti, Stefano, Ramos, Miguel, Vieira, Goncalo, Abramov, Andrey, Pastirikova, Lucia Kaplan, Guglielmin, Mauro, Goaynes, Gabriel, Francellino, Marcio Rocha, Schaefer, Carlos, Lacelle, Denis

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Priorities for soil science in Aotearoa New Zealand by Balks, Megan R., Grealish, Gerard, Almond, Peter C.

“…•Local research is vital to for sustainable management of NZ's unique soil ecosystems.•Soil-derived products are economically crucial to NZ (63% of export…”
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Guest editorial—Policies and practices in action to address soil erosion: A special issue from the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion 2019 by Lefèvre, Clara, Balks, Megan, Nziguheba, Generose, Poch, Rosa M.

“…This special issue is the second one drawn from the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER, May 15–17, 2019, Rome, Italy) and includes contributions dealing…”
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Cadmium accumulation in three contrasting New Zealand soils with the same phosphate fertilizer history by Salmanzadeh, Mahdiyeh, Balks, Megan R., Hartland, Adam, Schipper, Louis A.

“…Cadmium (Cd) concentration in New Zealand (NZ) agricultural soils has increased due to phosphate fertilizer application, but it is not clear whether soils with…”
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Active layer monitoring in Antarctica: an overview of results from 2006 to 2015 by Hrbáček, Filip, Vieira, Goncalo, Oliva, Marc, Balks, Megan, Guglielmin, Mauro, de Pablo, Miguel Ángel, Molina, Antonio, Ramos, Miguel, Goyanes, Gabriel, Meiklejohn, Ian, Abramov, Andrey, Demidov, Nikita, Fedorov-Davydov, Dmitry, Lupachev, Alexey, Rivkina, Elizaveta, Láska, Kamil, Kňažková, Michaela, Nývlt, Daniel, Raffi, Rossana, Strelin, Jorge, Sone, Toshio, Fukui, Kotaro, Dolgikh, Andrey, Zazovskaya, Elya, Mergelov, Nikita, Osokin, Nikolay, Miamin, Vladislav

“…Monitoring of active layer thawing depth and active layer thickness (ALT), using mechanical pronging and continuous temperature data logging, has been…”
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Thermal state of permafrost and active-layer monitoring in the antarctic: Advances during the international polar year 2007-2009 by Vieira, Gonçalo, Bockheim, James, Guglielmin, Mauro, Balks, Megan, Abramov, Andrey A, Boelhouwers, Jan, Cannone, Nicoletta, Ganzert, Lars, Gilichinsky, David A., Goryachkin, Sergey, López-Martínez, Jerónimo, Meiklejohn, Ian, Raffi, Rossana, Ramos, Miguel, Schaefer, Carlos, Serrano, Enrique, Simas, Felipe, Sletten, Ronald, Wagner, Dirk

“…Results obtained during the International Polar Year (IPY) on the thermal state of permafrost and the active layer in the Antarctic are presented, forming part…”
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Pan-Antarctic map of near-surface permafrost temperatures at 1 km.sup.2 scale by Obu, Jaroslav, Westermann, Sebastian, Vieira, Gonçalo, Abramov, Andrey, Balks, Megan Ruby, Bartsch, Annett, Hrbácek, Filip, Kääb, Andreas, Ramos, Miguel

“…Permafrost is present within almost all of the Antarctic's ice-free areas, but little is known about spatial variations in permafrost temperatures except for a…”
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Regional, Annual, and Individual Variations in the Dihydroxyacetone Content of the Nectar of Ma̅nuka (Leptospermum scoparium) in New Zealand by Williams, Simon, King, Jessica, Revell, Maria, Manley-Harris, Merilyn, Balks, Megan, Janusch, Franziska, Kiefer, Michael, Clearwater, Michael, Brooks, Peter, Dawson, Murray

“…A method was designed and validated for the analysis of dihydroxyacetone in the floral nectar of ma̅nuka (Leptospermum scoparium). The method was applied to…”
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Permafrost thermal regime from two 30-m deep boreholes in southern victoria land, antarctica by Guglielmin, Mauro, Balks, Megan R., Adlam, Leah S., Baio, Fabio

“…ABSTRACT Two 30‐m deep permafrost temperature‐monitoring boreholes were installed in bedrock, one at Marble Point and one in the Wright Valley, in the Ross Sea…”
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The short-term effects of surface soil disturbance on soil bacterial community structure at an experimental site near Scott Base, Antarctica by O’Neill, Tanya, Balks, Megan, Stevenson, Bryan, López-Martínez, Jerónimo, Aislabie, Jackie, Rhodes, Pip

“…Humans are visiting Antarctica in increasing numbers, and the ecological effect of rapid soil habitat alteration due to human-induced physical disturbance is…”
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