Astronauts might be able to use asteroid soil to grow crops
Lettuce, chili pepper and radish plants grew in mixtures of faux asteroid dirt and peat moss
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Cleared tropical forests can regain ground surprisingly fast
Dec 2021
Abandoned agricultural lands can recover by nearly 80 percent on average in just 20 years
Cleared tropical forests can regain ground surprisingly fast
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Climate change is bringing earlier springs, which may trigger drier summers
Jan 2020
Longer growing seasons mean more soil moisture is lost through evapotranspiration, a study says
Climate change is bringing earlier springs, which may trigger drier summers
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Fungi may be crucial to storing carbon in soil as the Earth warms
Nov 2021
In laboratory tests, dirt home to only bacteria released more CO2 when heated than other soils
Fungi may be crucial to storing carbon in soil as the Earth warms
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More than 57 billion tons of soil have eroded in the U.S. Midwest
Apr 2022
The level of erosion, possibly underestimated by the USDA, may have become unsustainable
More than 57 billion tons of soil have eroded in the U.S. Midwest