Soil underpins all life on earth. It supports services that have allowed and informed the evolution of humans through millennia and services we all rely on every day. Soil science integrates aspects of biology, chemistry, geology, and ecology and so can greatly support our understanding of the natural world and its processes and is critical to advances in scientific enquiry from climate change to medical advances.

This resource is the product of the collective energy and expertise of 41 new UK PhD Soil Science graduates and their supervisors to share soils knowledge with graduate environment students, inter-disciplinary researchers, educators, practitioners and the lone scholar.

We want to make soil science knowledge accessible across the disciplines to enhance learning and understanding around this precious natural resource.