Lights, Camera, Dirt! Get ready for Dirt’s big screen breakout! The hot new movie “Kiss the Ground” takes grubby ol’ soil from zero to hero. This fun film shows how, with a little love, plain dirt could actually save the planet. Critics say “Kiss the Ground” dishes surprises as down-to-earth soil reaches for the stars. Like a… [Read More]
Climate Change
Dirt: The Underdog Turning the Tide on Climate Change
Have you been feeling down in the dumps about the state of our planet? Well, we have some downright dirty news that might lift your spirits! Dirt is the scrappy underdog of the natural world that’s gearing up for the climate change fight of the century. This plucky ped of earth may seem lowly, but it’s… [Read More]
What Does Weather Do to Soil
Climate change affects not only our economy and lifestyle but also weather, which ultimately impacts agriculture and soil. For example, when soil functions are disrupted, crops are less likely to reach maturity and affect the harvest. Also, with the climate changing drastically, plants have to adapt to new ecosystems, such as frequent droughts and floods…. [Read More]
Who Knows How Hot It Will Get? (It May Be Up To Us To Decide)
OK, we all know climate change means rising temperatures. What we don’t know is how high those temperatures might go. Will they be just enough to be tolerably uncomfortable? Or will they be so severe that we will abandon the Great Outdoors and never venture away from air conditioning? We wish we could know the… [Read More]
Water, Water Everywhere … But Where And For How Long?
(In an article authored by NASA’s Earth Science News Team, I was struck by the conclusion of Ben Cook, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University. “Climate change is not just a future problem,” he said. “It’s already affecting global patterns of drought, hydro climate, trends, variability. And we expect… [Read More]
