Field experiments continue in Thailand
Ongoing field experiments in Thai rice paddy soils will reveal iron mineral transformation reactions that occur in soils during the rice growing season.
The field experiments that were planned in Thailand this summer as part of the ERC IRMIDYN project are going ahead, despite difficulties presented by the Coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to the in-field support from Kurt Barmettler, and our collaborator in Thailand, Worachart Wisawapipat, all field samples were successully deployed in June this year. The rains arrived on time, allowing the experiment to begin as planned. Now the first samples have been retrieved, and Katrin, Andrew and Luiza are looking forward to seeing the samples back in the laboratory. The experiments are designed to track the reactions of iron minerals that are naturally found in rice paddy soils during the rice growing season.