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Day One Project Memo: Pathways to Net-zero Soil Loss by 2050

This memo to President Biden provides a set of actions for the US to reach net-zero soil loss and net-zero emissions by 2050.

Soil, team science, and imposter syndrome on “Deeper than Data”

Jo Handelsman appears on the Deeper than Data podcast with host Ben Rush. They discuss Handelsman’s love of microbes, working in the white house, and building a strong team.

Wisconsin Book Festival: A World Without Soil

Discussion by Jo Handelsman on A World Without Soil at the Wisconsin Book Festival in collaboration with the Wisconsin Science Festival

How Dirt Could Help Save the Planet

Read Jo Handelsman’s article in The Scientific American on how farming practices that retain carbon in the soil, or return it there, would limit both erosion and climate change.

Handelsman talks soil on podcast: “Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda”

Jo Handelsman guest stars on the “Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda” podcast. Handelsman and Alda discuss microbes, soil, climate change, and the importance of bacteria to human survival.