Podcasts by World Soil Museum
The ISRIC World Soil Museum displays 90 soil profiles from all over the world. The total ISRIC soil profile collection is over 1000. Check out and play our audio tour! You may use it during your visit to the soil museum or use it when doing the virtual tour on: wsm.isric.org
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Number 0 Player intro and instructions from 2017-06-23T08:04:33
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Explanation on how to use the player and find the locations in the museum associated with each section of the audio tour.
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Number 1 Soil Museum Intro (Stephan Mantel, Head of museum) from 2017-06-23T08:03:55
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Word of welcome by Head of the World Soil Museum and curator, Mr. Stephan Mantel and short introduction to the audio tour.
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Number 2 Introduction To The World Soil Museum from 2017-06-23T08:03:16
Soils are truly wonderful! They are the major support systems of human life and welfare. They provide anchorage for roots and hold water and nutrients, long enough for plants and micro-organisms to...
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Number 3 Soils And Colour from 2017-06-23T08:02:29
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Colour is one of the most outstanding properties of soil. The use of soil as a natural colouring agent, applied in visual art, the decoration of building, or as...
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Number 4 Soils And Land Use from 2017-06-23T08:01:42
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Soils are the basis for agriculture. Man manipulates soils and landscapes for the purpose of producing food. Management that affects the properties of soil are ...
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Number 5 Soils And Time from 2017-06-23T08:01:09
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. This part of the audio tour is dedicated to time as a factor in the formation of soils. Soils are not stable, they continue to change over time. We can say tha...
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Number 6 Soils And Organisms from 2017-06-23T07:59:56
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. This part of the audio guide highlights the life in the soil. The soil is the habitat for an incredible amount of diverse life forms. A teaspoon full of soil ma...
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Number 7 Soils And Parent Material from 2017-06-23T07:58:51
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. In this part of the tour the source material in which the soil forms, called parent material, is discussed. This may include volcanic rocks or ash deposits, sed...
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Number 8 Soils And Relief from 2017-06-23T07:56:14
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. This chapter of the audio tour explains how soils vary across landscapes. On sloping parts of the landscape, erosion and lateral flow of water often predominate...
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Number 9 Soils And Climate from 2017-06-23T07:55:02
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. In this section of the audio tour the relation between soil types and climate is explained. Climate has a great influence on soil formation. Some major soil typ...
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Number 10 Man And Soils from 2017-06-23T07:53:18
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. ln this part of the audio guide we look at soils that have been deeply influenced by man. Household refuge and waste is often deposited on or in the soil. In th...
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Number 12 Soils Of The Netherlands Part 2 from 2017-06-23T07:52:47
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. The major soils of the Netherlands are highlighted in this part of the tour. The landscapes and soils of the Netherlands are the results of geological forces an...
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Number 11 Soils Of The Netherlands Part 1 from 2017-06-23T07:50:24
Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. The major soils of the Netherlands are highlighted in this part of the tour. The landscapes and soils of the Netherlands are the results of geological forces an...
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