Humic Substances : Molecular Details And Applications In Land And Water Conservation

Humic substances are essentially everywhere in nature. They are vital to issues in water and land conservation, such as plant nutrition, pH regulation, pollution control, water purification, and the improvement of soil conditions. As a result, this book's audience spans across many disciplines, including agriculture, biology, soil science, chemistry, biochemistry, and engineering. This is the sixth book in a series of edited volumes deriving from the Humic Substances Seminars organized by Ghabbour and Davies and held every year at Northeastern University. The book synthesizes the latest international research on humic substances and provides researchers, professionals, and graduate students with vital information emerging from the field. The International Humic Substances Society (~500 members) does not have a journal and these annual editions also serve the purpose of keeping the society members current with the research.

Elham Ghabbour is a Senior Scientist at Northeastern University, Boston. With two decades of research experience in physical /analytical chemistry, her major interest is understanding the macro- and microstructures of humic substances with solutes and metals as probes and catalysis by HSs.

Geoffrey Davies is Matthews Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern University. With research experience in physical inorganic chemistry, his major interests are the thermodynamics and kinetics of solute binding by humic substances and the development of models for HSs systems.