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Anthropogenic influence on pH value of soil in Virovitica
Organization(s):Gimnazija Petra Preradovica, Gimnazija Petra Preradovica
Student(s):Ina Moslavac, Leon Davidović, Ena Fadljević
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Teacher:Borna Louvar, Ines Tovarović
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Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report, Standard Research Report
Protocols:Air Temperature, Barometric Pressure, Precipitation, Relative Humidity, Land Cover Classification, Soil Characterization, Soil pH, Soil Temperature
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Language(s):Croatian
Date Submitted:01/24/2020
Due to the humanity’s growing impact on the ecosystem that includes the soil, the main goal of this project was determining how the human daily presence (through personal transport, exhaust gases and industry) changes the pH values of soil. We picked 5 urban and 5 non-urban research stations with similar atmosphere and pedological conditions, but with various exposures to anthropogenic conditions. Following the GLOBE protocol, we sampled the soil and measured average pH values of soil on every research station. After analysing the data, we concluded that the two research stations had significantly different pH values in comparison to other research stations. pH values of soil at those two research station were lower than average. Due to the fact that those stations are close to each other and isolated from other stations, we concluded that exhaust gases did not affect the pH values of soil, so it must be another pollutant. That pollutant is, referring to the Virovitica case, the VIRO sugar refinery that has been affecting the pH values of soil for a longer period of time due to the lack of good exhaust gases and polluted water control.