- Russia
- Moscow
About Program
3MUGIS summer school is an annual event addressing current environmental consequences and opportunities of urbanization with special emphasis on soil functions. 3MUGIS provides students with first hand field experience examining antropogenic impact sequences.The event is organized by the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS), RUDN University (Russia) and the Urban Soil Institute (USA) with cooperation from universities, institutions and research teams from around the world.
The 3MUGIS-2021 will be held in live format, from July 26 to August 15. The program includes 5 days of intensive lectures and seminars by the top-level scientists and experts in RUDN University in Moscow and 16-days field tour across Russia from Teriberka (69N; 35E) to Abrau-Durso (44N; 37E).
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Program Highlights
- Lectures and seminars by the top-level scientists and practitioners organized in thematic blocks
- Each participant has the opportunity to gain competence in the field of various methods of soil analysis, temperature measurements, green parameters within collecting data, observations and analytical work.
- Visiting of 6 bioclimatic zones from Tundra to Subtropics and 4 natural reserves
- Trip to Teriberka - a village on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, Typical Chernozems – the most fertile soils in the world and Kursk Magnetic Anomaly – the largest world ore mining area
- Work with advance techniques of on-site express monitoring (XRF, IRGA, EC)
