Partners 19 - The Soil Explorers
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2008-01-21

United States Department of Agriculture
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

Partners Video Magazine
Partners 19 - The Soil Explorers

The quest to understand the secrets of earth's living skin.

Preview (:31)

Entire Program (31:27)

Microbial Observatory
Researcher Jo Handelsman runs microbial observatories in Wisconsin and Alaska and studies underground microbes detrimental to healthy soil. (11:44)

Vineyard Wizards
UC-Berkeley's Yoram Rubin is helping California wine growers map precious water vital to growing the best grapes by using earth-penetrating radar. (8:25)

Serious Sediment
Rutgers' Donna Fennell is reclaiming chlorine-contaminated sediments in New Jersey's urban Meadowlands through smart environmental engineering and microbiological enrichment. (6:28)