Erosion, landscape evolution are focus of September symposium

August 6th 2:37 am | Alaska Newspapers Staff

An international symposium on erosion and landscape evolution is slated for Sept. 18-21 in Anchorage by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Soil erosion caused by water and/or wind is a continuing problem throughout the world that threatens the capacity of Earth to produce food, fiber and renewable sources of energy for an ever-increasing population, the ASABE notes in its announcement.

Additionally, eroded sediment is a major air and water pollutant, causing many detrimental off-site impacts.

Erosion by wind and/or water processes continually impact the evolution of landscapes.

With global climate change, erosion and landscape evolution may be accelerated, particularly in regions like Alaska, where increases in air temperature of just a few degrees may shift large landscape areas from frozen to thawing and more erodible conditions.

This symposium will offer a forum for participants to discuss the current status and future of soil erosion research. Information about the symposium is at www.asabe.or/meetings.erosion2011/index.htm

For more information contact Debasmita (Debu) Misra, symposium co-chair, at 907-474-5339, or email ffdm1@uaf.edu or Prasanta Kalita, symposium co-chair, at 217-333-0945, or email pkalita@illinois.edu.

Alaska Newspapers Staff can be reached at editor@alaskanewspapers.com, or by phone at 907-348-2449

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