Dirt is finally getting its due with an exhibit opening this weekend at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
Several Madison scientists are spearheading “Dig It! The Secrets of Soil,” and the Soil Science Society of America, based here in Madison, is a founding sponsor.
It’s about time for this “misunderstood” science to get its own exhibit, according to Arboretum director and soil scientist Kevin McSweeney. Even the common name for soils, dirt, has a “contemptuous meaning.”