Monitoring the white death – soil salinity
Further Reading
July 2003, page 27
Lifting the lid on an ancient curse (by Julian Cribb)
Describes new technologies that pinpoint the presence of salt under the landscape.
January/February 2000, pages 23-24
Audit predicts grim salinity future (by Stephen Luntz)
No. 146, 2009, page 6
Salt-tolerant wheat hybrid and saltbush for farming salinised land
Reports on the use of salt-tolerant plants on saline land.
No. 125, 2005, page 33
A fish farming salinity solution (by Steve Davidson)
Looks at the feasibility of inland aquaculture in salt-affected areas.
No. 121, 2004, page 33
Salt water wheat from wild barley
Looks at the development of a salt and waterlogging tolerant cereal.
No. 114, 2003, page 8
Mining tool retrained to seek acids and salts (by Wendy Pyper)
Explains how a tool developed for minerals exploration and mining may soon be used against acid mine drainage and salinity.
No. 111, 2002, pages 18-25
Reinventing agriculture (by Steve Davidson)
Looks at options for revegetation and new ways of farming that mimic the hydrology of pre-existing natural ecosystems.
No. 102, 2000, page 7
New agriculture needed to combat salinity (by Wendy Pyper)
No. 96, 1998, pages 9-28
Dealing with dryland salinity (by Bryony Bennett)
A special issue with eight articles dealing with dryland salinity, including:
- Rising salt: a test of tactics and techniques
- Tracking salt by satellite
- Pine Ridge: a catchment in good hands
- Living with saline land
- A model of versatility
- Seeking clues to watertight cropping
- Adding trees to the cropping equation
- A wizard with wavelengths
June 2008, pages 4-5
Climate change reduces salinity risk (by Jill Griffiths)
Claims that dryer conditions have slowed the effect of salinity on agriculture.
Provides articles on salinity research and development projects.
March 2007, pages 31-35
The salinity threat (by Ken Lawrie)
Looks at salinity monitoring, sources of salt, indicators of salinity, climate change and salinity, and dealing with salinity.
19 December 2005
Dead Sea fungus's secret of survival may help crops (by Kurt Kleiner)
Reports on the discovery of a fungus that thrives in the Dead Sea and the possible use of its genes in making plants salt tolerant.
28 September 2002, page 17
Supercrop thrives on saline soil (by Andy Coghlan)
Explains that saltwort could be a useful crop for saline soils.
4 August 2001, page 13
Greening the badlands (by Catherine Zandonella)
Describes genetically modified salt-tolerant crops that will grow on saline soils.
Reports on success stories from people tackling dryland salinity.
Issues published after 2007 are available here.
Page updated February 2010.