Soil Physics and Land Management Group
Research in the chair group Soil Physics and Land Management (SLM) addresses soil physical and hydrological processes at different temporal and spatial scales, and their central role in sustainable land and water management. Specific attention is given to flow and transport processes of water and solutes through and over the soil system, and their effects on crops, vegetation and the groundwater.
MOOC Course
MOOC: Soil 4 Life
Learn why soil is so important, how it’s being threatened and what we can do to protect this natural resource so vital to our lives.
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MOOC: Drainage in Agriculture
Global climate change raises the pressure on supply and demand for water. Therefore, the role of (subsurface) drainage has changed to an essential element of integrated water management under multiple land use scenarios.
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MOOC: Plastic Pollution in soil, water & air
Learn about its impact, explore eco-friendly alternatives, and gain insights from experts. Are you a professional, environmentalist, or policymaker? Together, we can reduce plastic waste.
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Latest project
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PFAS in soils: decoding speciation to develop predictive modeling
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LandEX:Improving landscape resilience by integrating measures to adapt and mitigate hydrological extremes
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NWO project: Plastic Aerosols
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SOILTRIBES: Glocal ecosystems restoring soil values, roles and connectivity
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SOILPROM: Modelling pollutant transport across the soil-water-atmosphere continuum, and impacts on ecosystem services
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How microplastics affect soil hydrology and, thereby, MP distribution and transport in and over soils (MASTER)
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De-facto and direct exploitation of alternative water resources: benefits and trade-offs
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FARMWISE: Future Agricultural Resource Management and Water Innovations for a Sustainable Europe
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Exploring learning approaches and competencies for shaping effective change-agents in sustainable agriculture in Burundi
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Burrowing animals as actors of landscape change
Agenda
Our Latest News
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Microplastics in the urban environment - A case study of Coimbra, Portugal
I (Inês) Amorim Do Vale Leitão MSc
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The Netherlands must learn to live with fire
- Wildfires are becoming increasingly common in the Netherlands. Some are large and difficult to control, yet the risk is still often underestimated.... -
Bombs, mines and chemicals: how agricultural soils in Ukraine have been ravaged by war
- After the war in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of hectares will have to be surveyed and demined and countless craters will have to be refilled. A... -
Inauguration Ruud Bartholomeus: The urgency of working on water
- There is plenty of water in the Netherlands, but what about water that is used sustainably? That’s a different story. According to Ruud... -
Successful closure of the TMT+Iraq project titled “Capacity building for water experts' network and integrated entrepreneurship”
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Call for Abstract: SETAC Vienna 2025, session 3.16_Co-occurrence of Contaminants in Urban and Rural Environments
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Veni grant for Julia Möller
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SPRINT Factsheet: Linking synthetic pesticide exposure to the gut microbiota and brain functioning
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Erroneously published report
- WUR formally disassociates from the report entitled "Abundance and Diversity of Bioplastics on Agricultural Sites," which recently appeared... -
The sprint towards a sustainable future
- More than 2,000 pesticides are used for agricultural production in Europe, yet knowledge about the effects of pesticide residue mixtures on ecosystems...
Latest Publication
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Narrowing down dune establishment drivers on the beach
Biogeosciences (2025), Volume: 22, Issue: 5 - ISSN 1726-4170 - p. 1301-1320. -
Co-occurrence of multiple contaminants : Unentangling adsorption behaviour in agricultural soils
Environmental Pollution (2025), Volume: 373 - ISSN 0269-7491 -
Biochar amendment modulates xylem ionic constituents and ABA signaling : Its implications in enhancing water-use efficiency of maize (Zea mays L.) under reduced irrigation regimes
Journal of Integrative Agriculture (2025), Volume: 24, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2095-3119 - p. 132-146. -
Dynamics of pesticide residues in soils during the growing season : a case study in peach orchards, east-central Portugal
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2025), Volume: 197 - ISSN 0167-6369 -
Mind the gap : misalignment between drought monitoring and community realities
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2025), Volume: 25, Issue: 2 - ISSN 1561-8633 - p. 893-912.
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