The study of the thin living skin every harvest depends on: how soil forms, what it is made of, what makes it fertile and what exhausts it. The Dust Bowl is what happens when this discipline is ignored at scale; Rothamsted's long-term experiments are what happens when it is taken seriously for 180 years. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionSoil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth, including soil formation, classification and mapping, and the physical, chemical, biological and fertility properties of soils. 1 Soil Science
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Founder of agricultural chemistry, the root of modern soil science
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A conservation-tillage technique developed and promoted through soil science
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Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
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Vasily Valevich Dokuchaev is commonly regarded as the father of soil science, the study of soils in their natural setting.
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