Rattal Lal - Professor of Soil Science

Rattan Lal is a soil scientist. His work focuses on regenerative agriculture through which soil can help resolve global issues such as climate change, food security and water quality. His research diverged from the conventional 1970s soil fertility strategy of heavy reliance on commercial fertilizers. His research led a better understanding of how no-till farming, cover crops, crop residues, mulching, and agroforestry can restore degraded soils, increasing organic matter by sequestering atmospheric carbon in the soil, and help combat rising carbon dioxide levels in the air. You’ll have seen him appear in the recent Netflix hit Kiss The Ground, this man is the voice of reason when it comes to the role of carbon.

One paper to certainly digest is: ‘The Societal Value of Soil Carbon’ - published in The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (2014)

School of Environment and Natural Resources - Ohio State University