Soil degradation threatens food supply and scientists are calling for action
The world's growing population is putting pressure on its arable land, and scientists warn 90 per cent of all soil could be ...
MIT Technology Review1mon
The moon is just the beginning for this waterless concrete
Made from faux Martian and lunar soil, a new sulfur-based compound could also lead to faster construction on Earth.
'The nastiest soils on Earth' are getting recognized as a bigger problem
A new doctoral thesis provides valuable insights into the microbiology of acid sulfate soils, sometimes dubbed "the nastiest ...
University of Manchester8y
Ecologist’s warning on earth’s imperiled soils
Neglect of the soil beneath our feet could have far-reaching consequences for future generations in the UK and the rest of the world, an ecologist from The University of Manchester has warned. In a ...
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Why soil matters (and what we can do to save it)
A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...
BBC4y
Why soil is disappearing from farms
When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...
BBC1y
Check out Blue Peter's new soil garden
how it supports life on earth and how soil can lock-in carbon and help the planet. The new Blue Peter Garden is the first re-design in nearly 50 years, that really is something to shout about!
Nature3y
Soil Carbon Storage
Vertical distribution of roots along a soil toposequence in the New Jersey pinelands ... Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 35, 313-347 (2007). [IPCC] Intergovernmental Panel on ...