Trish RobertsApr 22
CSIRO archive of Australian soil.
Soil is “where the food system starts. Next time you eat your sandwich, that began from the soil."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/act-csiro-century-of-australian-soil-stored-national-collection/106589754?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
'Finding hidden gems' in 100 years of soil stored at national archive

Far from brown dirt, the Australian National Soil Archive houses 100,000 soil samples — some a century old — that represent a slice through time of the ground beneath our feet.

Show threadDroppie [farcebk] 🐨♀🌈🐧​🦘

@treleanor in more recent decades ofc, straya has taken with alacrity & enthusiasm to its #CunningPlan of storing our soil in the Tasman Sea, & even NZ

#climatecrisis #duststorms

Apr 23 at 12:07amWeb
Show threadTrish RobertsApr 23
@msdropbear42 😬😳