The U.S. National Committee for Soil Science: Activities, Opportunities for Service
The U.S. National Committee for Soil Science: Activities, Opportunities for Service
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美国国家土壤科学委员会:活动、服务机会
DOI:
10.1002/csan.20048
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发表时间:
2020
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通讯作者:
Hartemink, Alfred E.
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作者:
Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw;Sztein, Ester;Vargas, Rodrigo;Hartemink, Alfred E.
The US National Committee for Soil Science (USNC/SS) is a standing committee of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). It represents the interests of the US soil science community in the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS, the global union of soil scientists with about 60,000 members), provides leadership in the advancement of soil science nationally and internationally, and advises the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) on the IUSS and the US participation in the international soil arena. All US soil scientists are affiliated with the IUSS due to the US membership that is managed by NAS and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The objectives of IUSS are promoting all branches of soil science, supporting all soil scientists across the world in the pursuit of their activities, and putting soils and soil science on the global agenda. The National Academy of Sciences is the US adhering member to many international scientific organizations, whereby each national committee in NAS represents the US in its respective discipline and union, making the USNC/SS the adhering body to IUSS. The membership of the USNC/SS consists of distinguished scientists representing many disciplines within soil science, US leaders in IUSS, an ex-officio member representing SSSA as well as liaisons from several professional scientific societies that have members with expertise in soil sciences (USNC/SS, 2020).