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Partners 19

The Soil Explorers

The quest to understand the secrets of earth's living skin.

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microbial research

Microbial Observatory
Researcher Jo Handelsman runs microbial observatories in Wisconsin and Alaska and studies underground microbes detrimental to healthy soil. (11:44) (text version)

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grapes

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) (text version)

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sediment

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) (text version)

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Last Updated: 09/05/2007
 

CSREES Soils program page

  The Handelsman Lab

  Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest

 

UC-Berkeley vineyard press release

  Rutgers Kearney Marsh Project
     
 

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