Course: Climate Change and Saline Soils credits: 5
- Course code
- LSVX24KLIMAAT
- Name
- Climate Change and Saline Soils
- Study year
- 2025-2026
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Language
- Dutch, with parts in English
- Coordinator
- A. Persoon
- Modes of delivery
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- Guest lecture
- Lecture
- Practical / Training
- Assessments
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- Climate Change and Saline Soils - Other assessment
Learning outcomes
You interpret obtained research data on soil fertility and salinization in relation to plant growth.
You provide evidence-based advice on climate-adaptive measures against soil salinization and demonstrate how this advice contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
You effectively reflect on collaboration with fellow students from other life sciences disciplines.
Content
Longer periods of drought, more extreme rainfall, heat records: we experience the effects of climate change on a very regular basis. These changing weather conditions affect our Dutch soils. One of the consequences is that soils become saltier (salinization) and this has consequences for agriculture and nature.
In this elective module you will gain insight into soil hydrology and indicators of soil fertility, such as grain size, conductivity, nutrient concentrations and microbiome. In addition, you will gain knowledge about what climate change and salinization mean and their effects on plant growth and development. You will also think about climate-adaptive measures against salinization.
You will gain this knowledge during various (guest) lectures, an excursion and fieldwork during which soil samples will be taken and analyzed in the lab. The effects of salt on plant growth will be investigated in an experiment that you will conduct yourself.
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- Institute for Life Science & Technology