The Earth Day edition features Candice Limper’s interview with Soil scientist Joseph Amsili.  They discuss the living things that benefit soil’s health and how paying greater attention to the quality of soils can benefit the planet. Amsili is an extension associate in the Soil and Crop sciences section at Cornell University.  Joe will be making a presentation at the upcoming workshop on Climate Wise Gardening.

Joseph Amsili holding an Alfalfa plant

In the second half of the show LSS’s Liz Mahood presents a short history of Climate science.  A list of references is below:

* The History of the Global Climate Change Regime (2001)* History of Climate Science* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science* Ecological responses to recent climate change (2002)* Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction (1985)* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion* 9 recent scientific findings on climate change* 5 Major Takeaways from the IPCC Report on Global Climate Change* https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/ice-sheets/*