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A new Comment has been posted in reply to A soil scientist's lament, by Professor Philippe Baveye (the author of the article mused upon in the original post). It's well worth reading. You can get to it by clicking here, too (scroll down to the bottom of the page).

The journal Nature is marking The Year of Planet Earth in 2008 with free access to their Year of Planet Earth feature - find it at http://www.nature.com/nature/supplements/collections/yearofplanetearth/. Many of the articles in the feature have relevance to soil science: From landscapes into geological history - Philip A. Allen Nature 451, ...

Musings on: Baveye, P. C. & Jacobson A. R. (2008). Soil science education and the ''age of money'': reflections and concerns for the near future. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 187:1-4. This was a guest editorial in Water, Air and Soil Pollution, and I decided it to be worth reading; there's much to be said for a catchy title. The topic ...

Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1st Perennial classics Ed. New York : HarperPerennial, 1998, 288 p. (first published 1974). I re-read this book over the last month or so. It's wonderful - a rare book of incredible linguistic beauty. It should be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the natural sciences, if only to remind ...

Ancient literature like the Christian Bible uses soil or earth as a metaphor for a number of things, and since it's just before Christmas I wondered if something soil-related could be found in the gospel rendition of the Chritsmas story. No such luck . . . but the story below was told by the man of the season himself, and uses soil as a powerful ...