This meeting will highlight the emerging interdisciplinary field of hydropedology and promote collaboration among soil science, hydrology, geomorphology, and other related bio- and geosciences communities. Objects: - To take stock and analyze what has been accomplished so far in hydropedology and to identify where gaps are and how hydropedology can deliver unique contributions to soil and water sciences - To promote exciting breakthrough collaborations among soil science, hydrology, geomorphology, and other related bio- and geosciences comm.............. Description:

  71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society to be held July 28-August 1, 2008 in Matsue, Japan. The meeting will begin on Monday morning with the Barringer Invitational Lecture by M. Kato, who will discuss challenges of the Kaguya mission. The following special sessions will be featured: Kaguya Mission, Monday morning, 09:30, Petrology and Geochemistry of Differentiated Bodies (session dedicated to the memory of Gordon McKay), Tuesday morning, 08:30. .............. Description:

  This meeting will highlight the emerging interdisciplinary field of hydropedology and promote collaboration among soil science, hydrology, geomorphology, and other related bio- and geosciences communities. Objects: - To take stock and analyze what has been accomplished so far in hydropedology and to identify where gaps are and how hydropedology can deliver unique contributions to soil and water sciences - To promote exciting breakthrough collaborations among soil science, hydrology, geomorphology, and other related bio- and geosciences comm.............. Description:

  This Conference will held in Holderness, Plymouth, NH, USA (27 Julay, 2008). Water is the spice of life. Without water we would not exist, nor would any form of life. Water occurs in our oceans, in our atmosphere, drives our climate, is underground, and sculpts our landscape. It is essential to our industry and survival as a species. We drink it, wash in it, paint with it, dispose of waste products in it, use it to keep things cool, use it to heat things up, use it to transport huge weights over vast distances. .............. Description:

  Themes: - Geoscience in the Service of Society - Resources: Foundation for our Future - Evolution of Life and the Solar System - Earth's Environments: Past, Present and Future - Dynamic Earth: From Crust to Core .............. Description: