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New PhD vacancy at SBL
Check the new PhD vacancy in the Soil Biology group 'Understanding biological measurement of Soil Health'
New podcasts released
Soils in danger: Europe fights back
With around 70 per cent of Europe’s soils in poor health, the European Union has launched the EU Soil Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ to reverse this deterioration. It’s the first time that soils have achieved such political importance across the EU. Together with various individuals working towards the goal of soil regeneration, Rachel Creamer (SBL) explains diverse approaches to soil health, and how they are adapted to the enormous diversity of geological and climatic conditions across Europe. To know more listen here to the podcast.
"Gerlinde De Deyn or what happens in the soil under our feet"
Gerlinde’s scientific voice takes us to the world of soils. Despite being “out of sight and often out of mind”, soil life plays a determinant role in the functioning of the world above ground and it is the basis of both agricultural and natural systems. Loosing good soils can happen extremely fast while their formation takes considerable time. To know more listen here to the podcast resulted from the Eco-serve project.
New twitter account for the Soil Science cluster
