What is Soil (and Why is it Important)?: Crash Course Geography #17

Soil brings together all four spheres of physical geography, and understanding soil composition is kind of like baking! So in today's episode, we're going to show you how to create the perfect soil cake, examine its different soil horizons, and then take you on a trip along the 20th meridian from the Congo to northern Europe to show you how the composition of soil varies dramatically with the environment. Soils are the foundation of life on Earth, from the local ecosystems of plants and animals to the crops we grow and food we eat, so it is up to us to care for it as we decide how to manage our land and resources.

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[iamshooketh]

Crash course has a way of predicting exactly what my next topic is going to be

[sunriseeternity]

I didnt spend much time in school. These crash course series's are amazing. Im grateful #crashcourse #enjoylife

[andrewmccune]

Great now I can't eat cake without thinking about dirt wedges lol

[toddpashak]

Top notch content and presentation. I'm a visual learner and wish I'd had channels like this during my formative years :)

[lettersandpoims]

Happy world soil day! Such good timing ❤

[jhessgirl]

I am pursuing my soil science certification. This video was great! Thank you.

[lakrids-pibe]

I was really surprised when i learned how thin the soil is in the Amazon rainforest.

[JorgeGonzalez-ewzk]

Soils are the life support material on Earth. Just look around anywhere. All our food originates and develops in the soil. By the way, soils are NOT dirt.

[tatianatub]

i had no idea that the dirt beneath our feet was this complex

[DisgruntledHippo]

I can't remember what soil is but I remember that dirt is just displaced soil so all the "soil" at the store is lies!!!! Thanks scishow tangents!

[TheJDSeibel]

I literally asked this question like last week or something…! What is dirt?? Lol

[NeptuneCheeseCake]

I was wondering this just this morning

[VinnieGer]

Very interesting. I wish I knew all the places with bad soil so I could fix it. How hard could that be?

[Lilypuppy-fhwc]

soil day is my b-day
guss I am a soil boy

[bennoah]

Read “pay dirt” by Rodale, “an agricultural testament “by sir Alfred Howard these are primers on soil

[davidakinloye]

I don't think we speak the same language

[BrickTamlandOfficial]

kinda weird seeing this in a geography series this is more earth sciences lol. should call this one crash course down and dirty also

[cosmicwakes]

What is this aluminum? I know of aluminium.