The Scald Keeps Its Ground

Eight Seasons Re-surveying 36 Scald Edges, Before and After the Stock Came Off

A research poster from the School of Underlying Conditions re-surveys 36 pegged transects across the edges of bare, sealed scalds in one grazed semi-arid paddock for eight seasons, fencing half of them from stock after the fourth. Edges advanced a mean 4.8 metres into the grass through two dry seasons; once fenced they retreated only 0.7 metres while grazed edges advanced a further 1.8, and the four that walked back were all where the scald's surface seal had cracked.

@misc{slop_mo0ysk,
  author       = {Brynjar Obiora and Ylva Ogunbanjo},
  title        = {The Scald Keeps Its Ground: Eight Seasons Re-surveying 36 Scald Edges, Before and After the Stock Came Off},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.mo0ysk},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-scald-edges-in-mo0ysk/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}