A World Without Soil

USDA NRCS

Date: May 10, 2022
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Eastern)
Registration: https://conservationwebinars.net/webinars/a-world-without-soil?sr=wp~mkt-whenPub

Presentation summary:
Participants will learn the implications of global soil loss and what we can do about it. Participants in this session will learn why soil is an essential part of the Earth’s ability to feed the world's population and it is key to climate stability. Ninety-five percent of our food supply is dependent upon soil. More than three-quarters of the antibiotics used in the clinical medicine are derived from soil bacteria. And soil stores three to four times as much carbon as the entire atmosphere. Despite the importance of soil to human survival and the health of the Earth, we are letting it slip away. Soil erosion exceeds the rate of soil genesis by at least 10-fold. This talk will explore the forces that are eroding soil and what we can do to save it.

Presented By:
Jo Handlesman,PhD. director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and a Vilas Research Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison 

 *** Please note: Continuing Education credits are not available for reviewing recorded webinars. You must participate in the live seminar to receive credit.

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