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When you think about soil, you probably think of rolling fields of countryside. But what about urban soil? With city dwellers expected to account for 68% of the world’s population by 2050, this oft forgotten resource is increasingly important.
City-based agriculture is on the rise. But urban soil is more often associated with contamination and risks to health. However, the earth in our parks, gardens and roadsides actually underpins many aspects of daily life. As our recent research paper highlights, urban soil hosts wildlife, stores water, provides food, helps combat the climate crisis and improves wellbeing.
In other words, soil provides multiple ecosystem services: the benefits we derive from the environment.
London focus: Protesters speak out against Olympic Games
17th Jun 2012 6:09pm | By Marianne Mullin It s fewer than 50 days to go until the Olympics. But not everyone s happy about it. We talk to those protesting against London 2012
Mild bitching about the Olympics is no more surprising than complaining about the weather. However, with reports of costs exceeding their £9.3bn budget, forced evictions and sponsors using sweatshop labour or having links to environmental disasters, some Londoners are taking a more serious view. In February, Mark Ronson and Katy B turned up in Hackney Wick, east London, for the unveiling of a Coca-Cola-sponsored Olympics mural. Three days later, it was vandalised. “I was on my way to work a couple of mornings after the mural was finished and there were two guys on the street in their pyjamas throwing paint at it,” a woman who lives nearby said.
Richard Kay and Geoffrey Levy explore how Kate has adapted to royal life since marrying Prince William
As newlyweds the couple spent time on in Anglesey being themselves, before starting on royal engagements
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge moved into Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace in the third year of marriage
They embraced a very different lifestyle to the late Princess Margaret who had previously lived at the property
Prince Charles poses with his sons Prince William (R) and Prince Harry (L) during the Royal Family s ski break at Klosters on March 31, 2005, in Switzerland. (Getty Images)
While a source characterized the dialogue between the three as unproductive, an insider told the news outlet that it could be seen as a step in the right direction despite the brotherly strife. Following Prince Harry and Meghan Markle s explosive, tell-all CBS interview with Oprah Winfrey last month, the rivalry became even more heated.
After the Duke of Edinburgh s funeral, Prince Charles held private talks with his sons, which insiders claim is just what Philip would have liked, The Sun reported. Following Saturday s televised service, the three got together away from the cameras. They stayed together for two hours on the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle, mingling with family members. This gave rise to hopes that the crippling schism between the brothers could be resolved one day.