Jennifer Saunders

I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you've soiled it. Just like if we made an advert. We were offered so many times and I'd say, look, this is the good thing, and you can't compromise that, because then you compromise the integrity of the characters.

British Comedian

Hope Jahren

I'm a scientist - a geobiologist who's been studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil for over twenty years. One day, I realized that I wanted, needed, to tell people - and not just other scientists - about my life in science.

American Scientist

Saxby Chambliss

It's very difficult to tell someone how to protect themselves from a terrorist attack, whether it occurs in the U.S. or on foreign soil, particularly when you have terrorists with no concern for human life.

American Politician

Fantastic Negrito

I wanted to do life, do something interesting. I ran out of things I wanted to say in my music, so I just put it down, sold all my gear, and put on some overalls and reconnected with the soil.

American Musician

James Allen

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed.

British Author

Rene Redzepi

When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them.

Danish Chef

Henry J. Heinz

Protect the consumer by owning the product all the way from the soil to the table.

American Businessman

Dalai Lama

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Tibetan Leader

N. Scott Momaday

I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.

American Author

Asif Ali Zardari

Anybody from my soil is my responsibility.

Pakistani Politician

Soil is essential for growing crops and plants; it holds roots and provides nutrients.

Plant Growth

Describing soil can indicate quality: 'fertile' means good for planting, 'poor' means bad.

Soil Quality

Soil erosion is a serious issue, leading to loss of fertile land and pollution.

Environmental Concern

Using 'soil' as a verb often implies something undesirable or dirty.

Negative Connotation

People try to avoid soiling items to maintain cleanliness for aesthetics or hygiene.

Preserve Cleanliness

Soil can symbolize a nation's land, emphasizing sovereignty and national pride.

Territorial Integrity

Native soil often refers to one's home country or region, reflecting identity and belonging.

Cultural Identity

Speaking of 'our soil' can convey feelings of home, safety, and exclusion of outsiders.

Home and Safety

 double global ag production around the world? Well, we could try to farm more land. This is an analysis we've done, where on the left is where the crops are today, on the right is where they could be based on soils and climate, assuming climate change doesn't disrupt too much of this, which is not a good assumption.

Jonathan Foley: The...

 Helped along by the vines, trees provide the seeds, fruits and leaves to herbivores, such as the tapir and the agouti, which disperse their seeds throughout the forest so they can grow. Leftovers are consumed by the millions of insects that decompose and recycle nutrients to create rich soil.

Why is biodiversity so...

 Signals can travel below the soil surface, too. Most plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi, which colonize the plants' roots and help them absorb water and nutrients. These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants,

Can plants talk to each...

 soil making them vital for the Savannah ecosystem the open grasslands of Africa are one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth they support millions of species which are all intrinsically connected but they are also amongst some

Top 5 Animal Adaptations...

 help grow more food with less water let's start with two seeds and let's put hydrogel on one side now will irrigate both sides and in sandy soil much of the water runs down past the plant and into the ground below

Hydrogels as an...

 Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters, and rich iron oxide soil create a landscape that extends for as far as the eye can see.

How the Mojave Desert...

 and some of those are highly toxic. Together, they create a harmful stew called leachate, which can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife.

What really happens to...

 The guano from thousands of terns which have chosen to nest here enriches the sandy soil, which then can support more plants.

Feeding Humphead...

 the guano from thousands of terms which have chosen to mist here enriches the sandy soil which then can support more plants

Nature's Oddest Looking...

 the guano from thousands of turns which have chosen to nest here enriches the sandy soil which then can support more plants