Published On Oct 7, 2022
Most plants depend on soil, and soil depends on microbes. Using them to revitalize unhealthy soils could improve ecosystems and feed our growing population.
Credits
Reporter: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Camera: Chris Caurla
Video Editor: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Graphics: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Joanna Gottschalk & Kiyo Dörrer
Special thanks to: Stephen Wood
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Read More:
Permafuture Farm: / perma_future
Importance of Soil Microbes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4157...
Microbial Biofertilizers: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/2/163
Seed coatings: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/11/526
Rewilding with Microbes: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
Agriculture Benefiting Microbes: https://drawdown.org/solutions/regene...
Images from:
ARTIS-Micropia Museum: https://www.micropia.nl/en/
Gene Drendel: / gene.drendel
and Jennifer Wood: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/j5wood
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:10 What is soil?
04:23 What does degraded mean?
06:18 From the ground up
07:53 Microbes from the lab
08:53 Issues
09:35 Conclusion