My reflections on #WorldSoilDay in GIFs (a thread)
I hope these spark some joy today but let’s also remember to celebrate soil all year long! #celebratesoil


Soils are everywhere, and because of that they often fade into the background. Yet, soils support life as we know it. Today, and everyday, soils deserve celebrating! #WorldSoilDay #celebratesoil
Soils are home to a perplexingly diverse microbial and faunal community! Like our friends the tardigrade here. There is so much life still waiting to be discovered. #WorldSoilDay #celebratesoil
Digging a soil profile reveals the sequential and interacting layers of soil (we call them horizons) that are beautiful and unique natural wonders. The sooner we see soils as beautiful, the better equipped we will be to protect them #WorldSoilDay
Soils form from the interaction between climate, organisms, topography, parent material, and humans, over time. As a result, each soil is unique to a given place. Soils ground us to a place, and help us better understand our place in the world. #WorldSoilDay
Everyone needs the soil, and the soil needs everyone
Soil science is a vibrant, diverse, global community #WorldSoilDay

Soils teach us that good things take time to develop. Stay curious about the world around you — it may lead you into a soil pit, but it will never lead you astray #WorldSoilDay
Soils need our voices - how will you speak for the soil this #WorldSoilDay (and all year)?
Soils deserve not just our attention and care because of all the important ecosystem services they provide humanity. Soils also deserve our love simply because they are a natural wonder unlike any other on the planet 

#WorldSoilDay



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