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Unlocking the soil microbiome

Envirotec Magazine

How are data science techniques helping us better understand the microbial universe of the soil? Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. Yet, some predictions warn that there are only 60 harvests left in the world’s soil because it is so depleted by nitrogen fertilizers.

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A global food crisis calls for soil resilience

GreenBiz

How Bali is creating food security and more environmentally friendly rice production at the same time.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. These same principles of human healthcare, and these same scientific and technological advances, are starting to be applied to soil — our most important asset for securing our food supply. Soil at the center . Poornima Param….

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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

Envirotec Magazine

Lead author of the study Jane Lucas measures CO2 production from prairie soil samples in Moscow, Idaho (image credit: Dana Whitmore). Combined stressors could impair soils’ ability to cycle nutrients and trap carbon, says a group from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

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Group distils wisdom on biochar for climate-smart agriculture

Envirotec Magazine

CSA enhances soil health and builds climate resilience, while aiming to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. We evaluate if this sustainable agricultural practice can serve as a climate-smart agricultural practice in terms of food production, soil health, and environmental sustainability. What is biochar?

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Agreena nabs €46 million to scale technology for creating and measuring soil carbon credits

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 30 – Regenerative agriculture can lock away carbon in soil and help build more resilient food systems. The post Agreena nabs €46 million to scale technology for creating and measuring soil carbon credits appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Yet the cost of.

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Black farmers embrace and implement solutions for climate resiliency

GreenBiz

"Our duty as earthkeepers is to call the exiled carbon back into the land and to bring the soil life home," said Larisa Jacobson, co-director of Soul Fire Farm.