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What is soil?

Soil is connected to almost all aspects of our lives, yet we often take it for granted. To mark the International Day of Soil on December 5, we interviewed several project managers at the European Environment Agency (EEA) about this precious resource. The UN has declared 2015 the Year of Soils, to raise increase awareness and understanding of the importance of soil, for both food security and essential ecosystem functions. The EEA will also look at soil as one of several priority areas next year. Watch this space as we continue to explore the world beneath our feet throughout 2015… References Around 90% of our food comes from the land: http://faostat.fao.org/ A single teaspoon of soil contains between 100,000,000 and 1 billion bacteria, among other creatures: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/n... Soil is the second largest active store of carbon, after the oceans: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/archi... One cubic metre of some soils can absorb up to 600 litres of water: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1... Every year, Europe loses 1,250 km2 (or half the area of Luxembourg) of soils due to new construction. This figure is based on analysis of HRL imperviousness and soil sealing 2006-2009: http://land.copernicus.eu/pan-europea.... Music: Copyright Kevin McLeod/incompetech.com