Life in the Soil
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Sustainability – Healthy Soils, from Farms to Cities
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 foo...
Soil and Global Change - The Multiple Impacts of Human Action
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The list of how humans are causing trouble in the soil is pretty mind-blowing, kind of overwhelming. It’s connected to all that is central to our mo...
Methods - How to Explore the Microscopic World of Soil
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Soil Food Web - A Jungle in Tiny Dimensions
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anja and Matthias take you on an underground safari through the hidden jungle of the soil. And they’ve won some excellent scientist...
Fungi – the Kingdom of Mushrooms, Spores, and Networks
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of millions of years ago, plants started to colonize the land. But amazingly, they did this without roots. So how on Earth did these early pl...
Living Soil – a Habitat Hidden from View
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a crazy place beneath your feet, a jungle of sand, silt, and clay, of solids and pores. Some of the most diverse and overlooked communities ...
Life in the Soil - Teaser
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a hidden world beneath your feet, the world of earthworms, springtails, fungi, and bacteria. We hardly ever see these little creatures, but ...