People, Soils, Microbes: the Evolution of Inhabited Landscapes
People, Soils, Microbes: the Evolution of Inhabited Landscapes
Monday, 18 February, 2019 - 18:30 to 21:00
ASCUS Lab, Summerhall Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL
How do we make our home in an ever-changing world, teeming with living and non-living things? Join us in a hands-on exploration of thousands-of-years-old archaeological sediments that embody histories of long-inhabited landscapes, and of the unseen, often forgotten microorganisms that mediate landscape processes and keep our ecosystem healthy and happy.