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Managing our soils: knowing and believing

Managing our soils: knowing and believing

5 Dec 2017

Soil, our most precious resource (c) James Hutton Institute
In this special World Soil Day 2017 piece, Matt Aitkenhead and Cathy Hawes explore the ways in which soil is vital to our survival and discuss research looking at the relationships between carbon, climate change and land management.
Soils, our most precious resource (c) James Hutton Institute

Matt Aitkenhead & Cathy Hawes

Soil is vital to our survival. We need it to grow our crops, feed our livestock, maintain our water supply and provide a home for biodiversity. However, because we do not see it doing these things, we forget what it does and take it for granted. Like rain and sunshine, the soil has always been there, and we assume that it will always be.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute