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 was interviewed about soil, carbon sequestration, and climate change on NPR’s TED Radio Hour
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
Our recent projects on using nutrient enriched biochar to reduce losses of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous from agricultural soils was featured in the latest issue of