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Most of the content of this site is written by Charlie Clutterbuck. He has three degrees in Agricultural Science,

Some recent talks include at Gatsby Programme on 'Strange life of Soil Animals'

Strange World of Soil Animals (Gatsby)

Charlie (@clutterbuckcha1)

These soil animals are pretty hard to distinguish, so there aren't many people around to count them. However, Charlie Clutterbuck was one just such person. He counted half a million small arthropods. It took three years. It was part of a PhD thesis on 'The Effects of herbicides on soil mesofauna', s awarded by Wye College, London University, then the most prestigious Agricultural College in the world. It is shut now.

These are three presentations called 'Life IN Earth'. The first explains the three main functions of soil. The second takes on an original topic - Soil Evolution - how did soil come to be here. The third tackles the ever-increasingly important role soils could play in combatting Climate Change.

Here on BBC Gardeners World

Emma

Thanks to Emma Stroud who has designed this site, so that It is now much clearer what is going on, and has made the subject matter more interesting to read.

Our joint aim is to bring to life these little specs of soil life, otherwise ignored.