Soil is full of amazing life with its own intrinsic value. Just like many other species, we humans benefit from it: Healthy soil not only provides food, feed, fiber and fuel, it also contributes to the stability of the whole Earth system. But living soils are at risk all around the world. So, in this episode, podcaster Anja Krieger and soil ecologist Matthias Rillig take a look into the sustainable future: How can we, as individuals and societies, nurture and restore the ecosystems of the soil? Get ready for the final episode of this series.
Subscribe and learn more on https://rilliglab.org/podcast/
Episode transcript: https://rilliglab.org/2021/04/01/life-in-the-soil-podcast-6-sustainability/
Correction (April 6, 2021): Bala Chaudhary is an Assistant Professor at DePaul University, not the University of Chicago.
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Produced by: Anja Krieger and the Rillig Lab https://rilliglab.org
Funded by: Digging Deeper / BiodivERsA www.biodiversa.org/
Guest experts in this episode: Katie Field, Marcel van der Heijden, Bala Chaudhary, Maddy Thakur, Yong-Guan Zhu and Richard Bardgett
Cameo voice: Kevin Caners, host of http://www.elephantpodcast.org
Story consultants: Eva Leifheit, Stefan Hempel
Thanks to: Stefanie Maaß
Cover art: Maren von Stockhausen http://marenvonstockhausen.de/
Theme song: Sunfish Moon Light / Future Ecologies www.futureecologies.net
Music: Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
Sounds in intro from Saša Spačal's “Transversal Is A Loop” https://www.agapea.si/en/projects/transversal-is-a-loop
The Digging Deeper project was funded through the 2015-2016 BiodivERsA COFUND call for research proposals, with the national funders Swiss National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Swedish Research Council Formas, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
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Soil is full of amazing life with its own intrinsic value. Just like many other species, we humans benefit from it: Healthy soil not only provides food, feed, fiber and fuel, it also contributes to the stability of the whole Earth system. But living soils are at risk all around the world. So, in this episode, podcaster Anja Krieger and soil ecologist Matthias Rillig take a look into the sustainable future: How can we, as individuals and societies, nurture and restore the ecosystems of the soil? Get ready for the final episode of this series.
Subscribe and learn more on https://rilliglab.org/podcast/
Episode transcript: https://rilliglab.org/2021/04/01/life-in-the-soil-podcast-6-sustainability/
Correction (April 6, 2021): Bala Chaudhary is an Assistant Professor at DePaul University, not the University of Chicago.
CREDITS + LINKS
Produced by: Anja Krieger and the Rillig Lab https://rilliglab.org
Funded by: Digging Deeper / BiodivERsA www.biodiversa.org/
Guest experts in this episode: Katie Field, Marcel van der Heijden, Bala Chaudhary, Maddy Thakur, Yong-Guan Zhu and Richard Bardgett
Cameo voice: Kevin Caners, host of http://www.elephantpodcast.org
Story consultants: Eva Leifheit, Stefan Hempel
Thanks to: Stefanie Maaß
Cover art: Maren von Stockhausen http://marenvonstockhausen.de/
Theme song: Sunfish Moon Light / Future Ecologies www.futureecologies.net
Music: Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
Sounds in intro from Saša Spačal's “Transversal Is A Loop” https://www.agapea.si/en/projects/transversal-is-a-loop
The Digging Deeper project was funded through the 2015-2016 BiodivERsA COFUND call for research proposals, with the national funders Swiss National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Swedish Research Council Formas, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Methods - How to Explore the Microscopic World of Soil
Life in the Soil
24 minutes 50 seconds
4 years ago
Methods - How to Explore the Microscopic World of Soil
If you dig out a handful of soil, or a whole bucket full, what do you see? Really, not that much? Well, yes, that’s one reason the study of soil is such a challenge. It’s a lot of stuff mushed together, crumbs, roots, dead stuff, critters. Soil is a very complex, intensely 3D-structured environment. How do you map that landscape? In order to look at the fine structures of a root, scientists have to painstakingly lay them bare. If they want to catch a critter, they have to lure it into a trap. And with very tiny organisms, it’s sometimes just impossible to get that sample. In this episode, scientists share their challenges and methods, and dream of new technologies to improve our understanding of soil in major ways - if it just existed! This episode features Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Kate Scow, Maddy Thakur, Marcel van der Heijden, and podcast producers Matthias Rillig and Anja Krieger.
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Episode transcript: https://rilliglab.org/2021/02/19/life-in-the-soil-podcast-4-methods/
CREDITS + LINKS
Produced by: Anja Krieger and the Rillig Lab rilliglab.org/
Funded by: Digging Deeper / BiodivERsA www.biodiversa.org/
Guest experts in this episode: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Kate Scow, Maddy Thakur, Marcel van der Heijden
Additional Voices in intro: Yong-Guan Zhu, Bala Chaudhary, Katie Field, Toby Kiers
Story consultants: Tessa Camenzind, Milos Bielcik, Moisés Sosa Hernández, Stefanie Maaß.
Thanks for feedback: Madara Pētersone
Cover art: Maren von Stockhausen marenvonstockhausen.de/
Theme song: Sunfish Moon Light / Future Ecologies www.futureecologies.net
Music: Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue/
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The Digging Deeper project was funded through the 2015-2016 BiodivERsA COFUND call for research proposals, with the national funders Swiss National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Swedish Research Council Formas, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Life in the Soil
Soil is full of amazing life with its own intrinsic value. Just like many other species, we humans benefit from it: Healthy soil not only provides food, feed, fiber and fuel, it also contributes to the stability of the whole Earth system. But living soils are at risk all around the world. So, in this episode, podcaster Anja Krieger and soil ecologist Matthias Rillig take a look into the sustainable future: How can we, as individuals and societies, nurture and restore the ecosystems of the soil? Get ready for the final episode of this series.
Subscribe and learn more on https://rilliglab.org/podcast/
Episode transcript: https://rilliglab.org/2021/04/01/life-in-the-soil-podcast-6-sustainability/
Correction (April 6, 2021): Bala Chaudhary is an Assistant Professor at DePaul University, not the University of Chicago.
CREDITS + LINKS
Produced by: Anja Krieger and the Rillig Lab https://rilliglab.org
Funded by: Digging Deeper / BiodivERsA www.biodiversa.org/
Guest experts in this episode: Katie Field, Marcel van der Heijden, Bala Chaudhary, Maddy Thakur, Yong-Guan Zhu and Richard Bardgett
Cameo voice: Kevin Caners, host of http://www.elephantpodcast.org
Story consultants: Eva Leifheit, Stefan Hempel
Thanks to: Stefanie Maaß
Cover art: Maren von Stockhausen http://marenvonstockhausen.de/
Theme song: Sunfish Moon Light / Future Ecologies www.futureecologies.net
Music: Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
Sounds in intro from Saša Spačal's “Transversal Is A Loop” https://www.agapea.si/en/projects/transversal-is-a-loop
The Digging Deeper project was funded through the 2015-2016 BiodivERsA COFUND call for research proposals, with the national funders Swiss National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Swedish Research Council Formas, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
