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Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand and Scorpio Books warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All by Frank Ashwood.To appreciate the wonders of the world around us, we're often told to look up. But what if we need to look down instead?
Everything that happens below ground sustains all life above it - yet we rarely think about this mysterious, dark underland. In The World Beneath Our Feet soil ecologist Frank Ashwood scratches the surface and takes us on an eye-opening safari through this precious ecosystem, from the ancient forests of New Zealand to the vast black soil deposits of the US and China. Every layer of the pedosphere is a world of its own, each more alien than the last as we travel deeper into the Earth.
All welcome, this is a free event. Refreshments provided from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please send in your RSVP.
About the author
Dr Frank Ashwood is a soil ecologist and macrophotographer, specialising in soil invertebrates. He is a Lecturer of Ecology and Entomology at Lincoln University in New Zealand, and received his PhD from University of Lancashire in 2016. Frank has previously worked as a scientist for Forest Research, part of the British Government's Forestry Commission. He is Associate Editor of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology and member of the Royal Society of Biology. Frank has appeared on the BBC Earth Podcast, BBC Breakfast, ABC Landline, and his soil animal photography has been featured in the Guardian and the New York Times, and has been exhibited internationally.
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Scorpio Books, Five Lanes at the BNZ Centre. 120 Hereford St,Christchurch, New Zealand
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