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Many people think of science and art as complete opposites, but one University of Wyoming researcher is working to combine the two. Wyoming Public Radio s Ashley Piccone spoke with Karen Vaughan, a pedology professor who is using the soil in her research to make watercolor paint. She said soil is more important than you would think.
Karen Vaughan: I mean, soils are important for so many different reasons. The obvious ones that we are in touch with every single day is the food that we eat and the plants that we rely on to cycle our air. Gosh, I don t know how to summarize the importance of soil but, I mean, it s part of everything. I challenge my students to tell me one thing that you did today that did not rely on the soil and I still haven t gotten a single answer that I m satisfied with that does not have to do with the soil.