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Today Mahdiyeh handed in her PhD thesis on the fate and controls of cadmium in New Zealand pasture soils! She explored the importance of soil types for cadmium storage, how irrigation alters cadmium distribution through the profile, and developed a … Continue reading →

Today the Waiber team received a letter from Germany from our soon-to-be new PhD student Anne Wecking introducing herself to the team with photos and brief notes! Looking  forward to meeting her in person.

After great efforts by Dave Campbell and Liyin Liang the eddy covariance tower for simultaneously measuring nitrous oxide, methane, carbon dioxide and water is running in the field. Fluxes are measured over 5 to 8 ha every half hour.

Former and current Waiber team members had great success this year. Doreen Huang received the Morice Fields award for best PhD in soil science. Nadia Laubscher received the Sir Theodore Rigg award for best Masterate thesis. Jack Pronger received the … Continue reading →

Waiber staff was recently involved in getting talking with science teachers about opportunities for doing Agriculture Sciences at University as a long-term and interesting career

Our own Femke speaks to the Hamilton Press about her research on bioreactors.

Our new N2O machine is up and running