Introduction of SoWa RI

Meet our researchers and PhD students. SoWa RI is focused on detailed investigation of all biotic and abiotic processes and interactions between soil and water ecosystems. Why is this investigation so important?

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Soil and Water Ecosystems

Comprehensive interdisciplinary research of interactions between soil and water ecosystems, ecosystem processes and services on various spatiotemporal scales in the context of sustainable landscape use.

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22/03/2019

Pedologické dny 2019

Conference focus: Soil functions in Ecosystems Srní 11. - 13. 9. 2019 Scope of the conference At present, soils are under strong anthropogenic...

18/03/2019

New position: PhD in Redox Biogeochemistry at Aquatic Interfaces

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Description The Soil and Water Research Infrastructure (SoWa-RI) invites applications for a PhD position in Redox Biogeochemistry at Aquatic...

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@SoWa_Research

Welcome to the new SoWa Twitter appearance. Regular updates on #CuttingEdge #research with focus on interactions between #soil and #water ecosystems, #ecosystem processes and #ecosystemservices on various spatiotemporal scales. @SoWa_Research
It's been out there for a while as a pre-print, but now we finally have the peer-review quality stamp https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/1133/2019/
At @SoWa_Research we have junior scientific partner positions that are of interest for Master students. Join a research team evaluating microbial taxonomic profiling, population dynamics and functioning in the post-mining Lake Medard https://www.researchjobs.cz/job/msc-student-opportunity-in-the-soil-and-water-research-infrastructure-sowa-ri/ …
@SoWa_Research invites applications for a PhD position in Redox Biogeochemistry at Aquatic Interfaces funded through the Czech Science Foundation: https://goo.gl/XJLzs3 pic.twitter.com/BnRCFjYacG

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01/04/2019

Časopis Vesmír: Přehlížená proměna zemědělství

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V časopise Vesmír č. 4/2019 vyšel článek profesora Jakuba Hrušky z České geologické služby Přehlížená proměna...

25/03/2019

The origin and role of biological rock crusts in rocky desert weathering

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In drylands, microbes that colonize rock surfaces have been linked to erosion because water scarcity excludes traditional weathering mechanisms. We...

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