To assist with the objectives and purposes of the International Society for Salt Lake Research the Board of Directors decided to announce a call for creation of thematic groups. Thematic groups are a very successful instrument of coordination and mobilization of scientific, educational or conservation activities. There are examples of world wide known thematic groups (e.g. […]
The online talk by Professor Aharon Oren (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel). This webinar is part of the Salty Shorts series hosted by Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster College (USA). Like the Great Salt Lake, the Dead Sea’s water level has reached a historic low. In the past years, the level decreased by […]
An international team of scientists analysed the biases and gaps in studies of freshwater salinisation. They present a research agenda to advance the understanding of the effect of salts on lakes and streams. Most importantly, they propose several research priorities on different time and space scales that need to be tackled by multidisciplinary approaches as […]
14th International Conference of the ISSLR was held online in Murcia, Spain, 18-22 October 2021. It is our intention to publish the proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the ISSLR in Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. Please consider publishing your saline lake research in the special volume. It is not necessary that your manuscript repeat […]
The new Board of Directors of the ISSLR for the next three years (2022-2024) was elected with Egor Zadereev as the President, Mianping Zheng as the Vice-president, Wayne Wurtsbaugh as the Secretary/Treasurer, Tianlong Deng as the Editor, Elena Anufriieva as the young scientists representative and Faith Coleman, Bindy Datson, Zsofia Horvath, Peter Hudson, Katia Hueso […]
The 14th International Conference on Salt Lake Research was held online during 18-22 October, being hosted from Murcia, Spain. The conference was organized by the International Society for Salt Lake Research (ISSLR) together with the Institute of Saltscapes and Salt Heritage (IPAISAL), an NGO devoted to the research and dissemination of saltscapes based in Spain. Technical support […]
We are glad to inform about the first Announcement for the 14th ICSLR to be held at Murcia 2021. This conference will be held online, and information will be distributed as it becomes available. The themes this year will be Inland Salt Lakes, Salt Flats and Surrounding habitats. Deadlines: Early bird registration – April 30, […]
Great Salt Lake Institute invites to join the Salty Science Series! Are you expecting a typical story about lake ecology? You may be disappointed as there is nothing typical about Great Salt Lake nor this time in Earth’s history. In a new book, lake experts partnered to reframe and update our knowledge base, include unheard […]
Special Issue “Ecosystems of Inland Saline Waters” A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2020. Special Issue Information: Inland saline waters include different types of water bodies (lake, lagoons, estuaries, rivers, springs, ponds, etc.) and play an important many face role in the Biosphere on different spatial scales. Their total […]
Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak in Spain and the global expansion of the virus the Organizing Committee of the 14th International Conference on Salt Lake Research and the Board of Directors of the International Society for Salt Lake Research has decided to postpone the conference for the one year. The new date of the Conference will […]