Soil and sediments listservers

Internet listservers, a freely available resource on the Internet for anyone who can send and receive emails, provide a means for professionals to communicate and collaborate with each other in the field of soils and sediments. While moderated listservers are highly effective, in terms of quality and participation (activity) level, do not underestimate the knowledge base held within many of the soil and sediment-related listservers. Readers are encouraged to subscribe to those lists which match their own areas of the soil and sediment fields and to become active. Currently, the only listservers dedicated to sediments are of very low activity, with the lowest numbers of subscribers of all listservers surveyed. As a word of caution, Internet listservers are not a primary source of knowledge (in any scientific field), the quality of knowledge exchanged is highly variable, and if not properly managed, can waste time.