Episode 6 - Unearthed

Host, producer: Richard Tufton

Co-host, producer: Claire Mackenzie

Editor: Meg Chatham

In the episode we are finally bringing us all back down to earth

ANDY NEAL :

Andy is a Soil Microbiologist at Rothamsted Research. He is interested in understanding the feedback between plant primary productivity, soil structure and soil microbial metabolism

Twitter @microbass1

Research papers:

Andrew Neal on Google Scholar

ANDIE MARSH is a soil health specialist, science communicator, and founder of Rhizos LLC - a Soil Food Web certified lab. More than that, she is a human building relationship with land in a suburban context.

Website:

https://www.rhizos.science/

@soilissexy insta

Soil is Sexy is the newsletter Carefully crafted accounts of the wonders beneath our feet, plus insights from a woman building a career in soil health - that’s me, Andie!

RAY ARCHULETA - Ray’s mission is to teach a framework of ecological and spiritual renewal

Ray the soil Guy

Film: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/

KAREN JOHNSON is a professor in the Department of Engineering, University of Durham

She is all about rebuilding soils for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Resources/Papers:

Smart Soils Video:

Royal Society Rosalind Franklin lecture on soil health and the Embracing our wastes video. Xiao, K-Q, et al. (2023) Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. You can also watch our animations about soil exploring the links between soil degradation and flooding +links between soil health (SDG15) and climate change (SDG13)

A nation that rebuilds its soils rebuilds itself - an engineer's perspective and watch our COP26 video https://vimeo.com/639855822

Sponsored by Fielden:

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Six Inches of Soil film - find links here to watch it: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/

Six Inches of Soil book: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/book

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