Soil Physics Group at EGU General Assembly 2026

01.05.2026

EGU 2026

NEWS · MAY 2026

Soil Physics Group at EGU General Assembly 2026

The Soil Physics Group had a strong presence at this year's EGU General Assembly, held 3–8 May 2026 in Vienna, Austria. The group convened 2 sessions and contributed 5 presentations — 3 orals and 2 posters — covering soil structure dynamics, evaporation, hydraulic properties, and root–water interactions.

2 sessions convened  ·  3 oral presentations  ·  2 posters

Sessions convened

HS8.3.3 — Hydrological processes and contaminant transport in the vadose zone
Convener · Co-organized by SSS6 · Mon 4 May · Room 3.16/17 & Hall A

SSS6.4 — Linking soil structure dynamics and soil mechanical properties to soil functioning
Co-convener · Tue 5 May · Room 0.16 & Hall X3

Oral presentations

Modeling the effects of soil structure dynamics on soil hydraulic properties
Daria Vdovenko, Frederic Leuther, Efstathios Diamantopoulos
HS8.3.3 · ECS · Mon 4 May, 08:30 · Room 3.16/17

The effect of soil macro-structure on bare soil evaporation
Frederic Leuther, Mathilde Nielsen, Efstathios Diamantopoulos
SSS6.1 · Tue 5 May, 11:10 · Room 0.16

Root mucilage alters stomatal responses to soil and atmospheric drought
Asegidew Akale, Gaochao Cai, Efstathios Diamantopoulos, Frederic Leuther, Lara Kersting, Scott McAdam, Shurong Liu, Mutez A. Ahmed
HS8.3.4 · Fri 8 May, 14:55 · Room C

Posters

Do agricultural management operations and seasonal dynamics in soil structure affect soil hydraulic properties?
Mathilde Nielsen, Frederic Leuther, Florian Ebertseder, Efstathios Diamantopoulos
SSS6.4 · ECS · Tue 5 May, 14:00–15:45 · Hall X3.181

Soil structure turnover driven by soil fauna revealed by particle-pore relationships
Melina Khosravi, Joana Haworth, Marco Adami, Klaus Kaiser, Robert Mikutta, Steffen Schlüter, Frederic Leuther
SSS6.4 · ECS · Tue 5 May, 14:00–15:45 · Hall X3.184