http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/12/new-understanding-of-soil-quality-throughout-africa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/12/new-understanding-of-soil-quality-throughout-africa/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:06:21 +0000 Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32904 A new interactive mapping tool lets users visualize a broad range of soil data for the continent of Africa. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/12/new-understanding-of-soil-quality-throughout-africa/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/mapping-hot-spots-of-lead-to-protect-children/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/mapping-hot-spots-of-lead-to-protect-children/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:34:30 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32879 A new study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization shows how hot spots of lead contamination in soil can be pinpointed in order to safeguard children against drastic health effects. Researchers led by geochemist Alexander van Geen of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, studied soil around two Peruvian mining towns, and found high lead concentrations [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/mapping-hot-spots-of-lead-to-protect-children/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/12/why-soil-matters/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/12/why-soil-matters/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:48:59 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=25102 Soil is the source of all life. Yet “we know more about soils of Mars than about soils of Africa,” says Pedro Sanchez, director of the Earth Institute’s Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program. To remedy this situation, the Earth Institute is taking part in an ambitious undertaking to map the world’s soils.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/12/why-soil-matters/feed/ 0