Episode 19 - The Soil Explorers

United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Partners Video Magazine Partners 19 - The Soil Explorers The quest to understand the secrets of earth's living skin. Preview (:31) Entire Program (31:27) Microbial Observatory Researcher Jo Handelsman runs microbial observatories in Wisconsin and Alaska and studies underground microbes detrimental to healthy soil. (11:44) Vineyard Wizards UC-Berkeley's Yoram Rubin is helping California wine growers map precious water vital to growing the best grapes by using earth-penetrating radar. (8:25) Serious Sediment Rutgers' Donna Fennell is reclaiming chlorine-contaminated sediments in New Jersey's urban Meadowlands through smart environmental engineering and microbiological enrichment. (6:28)