Save our soils

• Autores: Joshua Howgego
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3042, 2015, págs. 42-45
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Howgego talks about the degradation of the world's dirt which has been a disaster in slow motion. Soil scientists have been prattling on about this for decades. Soil is a surprising ally against climate change: as nematodes and microorganisms within soil digest dead animals and plants, they lock in their carbon content. Even in their degraded state, it is estimated the world's soils hold the times the amount of carbon as does the entire atmosphere