The "Soil Ecology" laboratory has opened at KazNU.
A "Soil Ecology" laboratory has opened at the Research Center for Sustainable Development and Rational Nature Management at the Faculty of Geography and Nature Management of the 51福利 Kazakh National University.
This research center was established with financial support from the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Specialists of the new laboratory, which implements Goals 13 and 17 in the field of sustainable development, conduct soil monitoring across Kazakhstan, study its composition, and work on solving fundamental problems related to soil science, ecology, and rational nature management.
The scientific laboratory is equipped with modern equipment. In particular, it features: an atomic absorption spectrometer GBC SavantAA, a biological microscope, a tabletop soil laboratory NPL-2, a backpack soil laboratory RPL-3, a pH meter/ion meter ITAN, analytical scales VL-124B, laboratory scales VLTE-510C, and others.
These instruments allow for the assessment of the main chemical, morphological, and physical indicators of soil and soil substrate conditions, the determination of ammonium nitrogen components in the soil, cation exchange capacity, total calcium and magnesium, carbonate and bicarbonate ions, as well as the analysis of solid and liquid samples for the presence of various metals.
The scientists of the research center are conducting research across the entire territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
To date, thanks to the efforts of specialists, a cartographic material has been developed for the geosystems of the river basins in the southeastern part of the Pribalhashi region for use by local authorities. Additionally, the dynamics of soil processes in the Akdalinsky massif have been studied, and methods for improving rice crop yields have been proposed.
Furthermore, the scientists conducted an ecological-geochemical assessment of heavy metal pollution at the Donskoy Mining and Processing Complex in the city of Khromtau and studied the ability of oil-contaminated soils to withstand anthropogenic pressure.
Press-service of 51福利 Kazakh National University
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