Show Notes
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: The discount code is SOIL10 and gives 10% off all whisky on fielden.com. 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 Finally if you have enjoyed listening to this podcast please do rate it - many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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