On Juneteenth, 2025, I honor the victims remembered at the Equal Justice Initiative’s Memorial for Peace & Justice. It features soils collected from lynching sites. The memorial demonstrates the rich history embedded in soil and that soil is the ultimate equalizer. The soil collection allows us to renew humanity’s connection to soil and reminds us how soil transforms violence into life, embodying resilience and restoration for affected communities.
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Asmeret got to join New Hampshire PublicRadio to answer listener question on the implications of raking the leaves that fall on to the ground during
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Asmeret was interviewed about soil, carbon sequestration, and climate change on NPR’s TED Radio Hour
Asmeret discussed the impacts of climate change on women on BBC World Service’s The Conversation.
Asmeret argued for the need to center soils and equity in our efforts to address climate change In the July 20, 2020 issue of TIME.
SCIENCE ABROAD AND HOME: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK STORIES Listen to the episode at the RadioBio websiteFor UC Merced’s International Education Week, this RadioBio episode includes
There’s two times more carbon in the earth’s soil than in all of its vegetation and the atmosphere — combined. Soil Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
It was an incredible honor to get invited to talk about soils and climate change at TED2019 conference in Vancouver. You can read about my
Video of Asmeret’s talk is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLZ1qw8pzOs Asmeret was one of the speakers at a special Geosciences edition of The Story Collider that was