soil science
noun
the science that deals with the study of soils.
soil scientist
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a word derived from
soil science.
Example Sentences
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“There’s a lot of unknowns,” said Sasha Travaglio, a spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Island fire Burned Area Emergency Response team, which includes a hydrologist, a soil scientist, an archaeologist, a paleontologist and a botanist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
"I'm the person who needs it and it's not giving me the information I need," the plant and soil scientist said.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Co-author and soil scientist, Dr Samantha Grover, explained that feral horses are a destructive pest in our uniquely vulnerable Australian ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2023
Cultivating earthworms is sometimes easier said than done, notes Jan Willem Van Groenigen, a soil scientist at Wageningen University & Research who wasn’t involved in the new research.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2023
After becoming a soil scientist, she earned a master’s of fine art from Seattle Pacific University.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
