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Even soil feels the heat: Soils release more carbon dioxide as globe warmsTwenty years of field studies reveal that as the Earth has gotten warmer, plants and microbes in the soil have given off more carbon dioxide. So-called soil respiration has increased about one-tenth of 1 percent per year since 1989, according to an analysis of past studies.

No-till practices in vulnerable areas significantly reduce soil erosionSoil erosion is a major challenge in agricultural production. It affects soil quality and carries nutrient sediments that pollute waterways. While soil erosion is a naturally occurring process, agricultural activities such as conventional tilling exacerbate it. Farmers implementing no-till practices can significantly reduce soil erosion rates, a new study shows.

Soil pore structure is key to carbon storageScientists have recently discovered a new mechanism determining how carbon is stored in soils that could improve the climate resilience of cropping systems and also reduce their carbon footprints.

Websites

Education & Resources - British Society of Soil Science

25 Reasons To Be Grateful For Soil: Why Soil Is ImportantWhy we are grateful for soils? And, why healthy soils are so crucial to our futures? Check out our SlideShare on the 25 Reasons To Be Grateful For Soil.

Soil Remediation and the Environment -- Environmental ProtectionWhat causes soil pollution, concerns associated with it, and what can be done to regulate it.

Journal Articles

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Podcasts

Videos

Kiss the Ground | NetflixScience experts and celebrity activists unpack the ways in which the earth's soil may be the key to combating climate change and preserving the planet.

Long Reads

The Soil Will Save UsThousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices - and, especially, modern industrial agriculture - have led to the loss of up t...

Dirt to SoilGabe Brown didn't set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the family farm in North Dakot...

DirtDirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. Thi...

Growing a RevolutionFor centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its produ...

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