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Imaggeo on Mondays: The invaluable role of soil dwellers

October 3, 2016
Imaggeo on Mondays: The invaluable role of soil dwellers
Find a new way . Credit: Alice Dohnalkova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

That soils are vital to secure our future supplies of water, food, as well as aiding adaptation to climate change and sustaining the planet’s biosphere is a subject we’ve featured on the blog as recently as the summer. That’s because never have humans been more out of touch with the vital importance of this natural resource. Inhabiting among soil particles thrives an even less familiar, but equall ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The soil in your veg patch

October 26, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: The soil in your veg patch
Gardens for vegetables production depend on the soil quality. Credit: Artemio Cerdá (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Do a search for images of dirt in Google and you might be surprised to find that the vast majority of returned images are of a substance that we ought to be protecting and treasuring, rather than dismissing as something unclean and without value: soil. It’s not the first time we’ve featured this precious resource on GeoLog recently, remember that post about soil in art? It’s not without reason eit ...[Read More]

Geosciences Column: When water is scarce, understanding how we can save it is important

July 17, 2015
Geosciences Column: When water is scarce, understanding how we can save it is important
Desert Water. Credit: Andreas Kallioras (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Supplies of water on Earth are running dry. The rate at which an ever growing population consumes this precious resource is not matched by our Planet’s ability to replenish it. Water scarcity is proving a problem globally, with regions such as California and Brazil facing some of the most severe water shortages on record. Used for drinking, agriculture and industrial processes, water forms an fund ...[Read More]