WHO LIVES IN THE SOIL?
Issue 15, Spring 2022
photo by Thomas Noland
WHO LIVES IN THE SOIL?
Issue 15, Spring 2022
Thomas Noland, Guest Managing Editor
This issue is hot off the ethernet press and is coming to you down and dirty. We’ll be digging into soil organisms and ecology this time. You can peek at the secret life of pillbugs and sowbugs, or take a walk (or maybe better a crawl) with an earthworm. We’ll meet one of the largest earthworms in the world that lives in the prairie scablands of the Palouse. But wait, there’s still more: we have poems, artwork all about “dirty” things, and even more as Spring progresses. Hope you enjoy this issue.
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Eelgrass Flowering
by Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria and Isabella Brown
Spring 2022
Those who visit beaches around the Salish Sea at low tide may be familiar with eelgrass but may not know that is a flowering plant! Eelgrass flowering heads appear in early spring.
The Decomposers
by Tom & Sara Noland
Spring 2022
The Decomposers: Fungi, Mosses, and Time. This video offers some photographic looks at some of the key, but often overlooked, parts of our ecosystem: decomposers.
Marine Ground Dwellers
by Jan Kocian
Spring 2022
Creatures live in, or on, the ground in our marine environment too! This photo essay shows some amazing Salish Sea life that we can see at low tide (or if you go underwater).
Pillbugs, Sowbugs
by Thomas Noland
Spring 2022
Pillbugs and sowbugs are small creatures you’ll commonly find on the surface of the soil. Often called roly-polies, these isopods play a small role in slowing climate change
I Dig Worms
by Barb Erickson
Spring 2022
I helped dig up earthworms but found myself carefully examining them as I did so. I wondered what they did — how they moved, sensed their surroundings, ate, and reproduced
Poetry-15
by Sheryl Shapiro
Spring 2022
Sheryl Shapiro offers a photo and poetic insights into living close to the earth, literally! Some links augment this with a peek at “Dirt” by artists, scientists, and poets
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