Careers Unusual: Soil Scientist

S Paramanathan

25-Mar-16 13:45

What do soil scientists do? Do they walk over rough and uneven land with shovels and spades? And do they discover interesting artifacts from beneath while gathering soil samples? Being the last science-related career series, we have Dr S Paramananthan, a soil scientist who answered all of these questions.

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