Soil is alive – some field emotions/thoughts when interacting
I am not sure if it is the soft, toasted, earthy smell wrapping me into another world. Or is it the crumbly texture of this dark brown mass, held together…
Going on soil safari
What you need for a soil safari: Spate Organism group form for the childred to put in the numbers of organsims they found (find pdf below) Plastic layer or some…
Moral meanders and the daily struggle to kill my friends
From "extracting" to "fixing" soil organisms If somebody asked me what is the hardest part about my job, my answer would definitely be the killing part. I guess every biology…
On ‘wild’ horses and the smell of wetland soil
Xistral is this weird wind power wetland park in the North of Galicia, close to Ferrol and Vilalba. It's not a protected zone, most likely due to the presence of…
On soil sampling in Galicia
I work as a soil ecologist on a project aiming to assess the life in the soil around Europe (SOB4ES). In the first years, we mostly take soil samples to…
The imperfect scientist
About my access to academia and why we need to accept that the concept of a perfect scientist is a fallacy, far from reality, creating wrong expectations. I am sharing…