Soil Related Topics 
The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 31, 2023
To keep your landscaping looking great, soil health and cleanliness are essential components. Contaminated or unhealthy soil can lead to unpleasant odors, water contamination, and damage to vegetation. This process can clean up oil spills, heavy metals, and pesticides from the soil.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 1, 2021
A new report shows that regenerative agriculture practices are good for incomes, soil health and the environment
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Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Petroleum hydrocarbons in soil continues to be an area of interest for scientists as they are the most common contaminants that are toxic to human and environmental receptors.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 7, 2021
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. Soil plays a major part in the carbon capture cycle.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Mineral-associated organic matter, on the other hand, consists mostly of microscopic coatings on soil particles. Agriculture Carbon Removal Food & Agriculture Regenerative Agriculture SoilThere's particulate organic matter, which is the stuff you generally can see.
GreenBiz
APRIL 2, 2020
The benefits of protecting and restoring soil carbon go well beyond any one farm or any one year. Agriculture Carbon Removal Regenerative Agriculture Soil DeforestationBut not enough people are taking these steps.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
6 differences between forestry and soil carbon offsets. In two VERGE 20 sessions, experts dived deep into the specifics of soil carbon credits and forestry carbon credits. We don't really have anything comparable on the soil side." . Soil credits are much newer.
Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 6, 2021
The lowly earthworm’s feeding and burrowing mixes organic residues into the soil, enhances nutrient cycling, decomposition and the structural development of soil. But rampant pesticide use threatens the existence of these crucial invertebrates, according to a new study
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 1, 2021
This startup is pumping trees full of probiotics to clean up contaminated land — and help tackle climate change
Jim Conca
JANUARY 11, 2022
Biofuels are a key component of a clean energy future, and the soil is more important than the crop. Soil texture influences the local microbiome which in turns influences crop yield, the physical and chemical attributes of soil and the chemical makeup of organic matter in the soil.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Researchers are finding that when pulverized rock is applied to agricultural fields, the soil pulls far more carbon from the air and crop yields increase.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Diesel-polluted soil from now defunct military outposts in Greenland can be remediated using naturally occurring soil bacteria, according to the evidence of a recently-completed experiment in Mestersvig in the east of the country. For the rest of the year, the soil is frozen.
Business Green
JULY 14, 2022
Secondly, Houston-based BCarbon and UK consultancy Future Food Solutions announced this week they have issued the first carbon credits from a UK farm that has used sustainable farming practices to boost the carbon capacity of its soils.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
How Bali is creating food security and more environmentally friendly rice production at the same time
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2023
Such charcoal captures carbon and could potentially be added to soil to improve soil water retention and aeration of farmlands. It could also fertilize the soil as it naturally breaks down.
Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 13, 2022
A new study has successfully grown plants in lunar soil for the first time If you’ve ever dreamed of moving to the moon and planting a garden, you just might be in luck.
EDF + Business
MAY 12, 2022
Many are turning to natural climate solutions, such as carbon credits that are generated from agricultural soil carbon sequestration, as a way to cut emissions that lie deep in supply chains. The report highlights three key messages as companies consider investment in soil carbon crediting:?.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 16, 2022
Soils influence water quality, and they are critical to plant growth. When we fed data about the microbes and nutrients into this model, we were able to predict how soil is changed by fire far more accurately.”. This was as simple as shoveling soil into a bucket.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 4, 2021
The project will also include the creation of a hazardous soil treatment centre, the first of its kind in Scotland. million tonnes of soils were disposed of in 2019, said SEPA, amounting to 39% of all waste sent to landfill.
CleanTech Group
JULY 1, 2021
A key takeaway from our work on Soil Carbon, a part of the Cleantech for Europe project we are developing alongside Breakthrough Energy, Agriculture & Food Carbon Offsets Cleantech Insights Regenerative Agriculture agriculture Agtech soil
GreenBiz
JANUARY 31, 2020
Plus, chit-chat about animal welfare expert Temple Grandin and GM's vision for a future ride-hailing service. Biodiversity Agriculture Innovation Podcast ridesharing Sports Transportation & Mobility GreenBiz 350 Podcast
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 27, 2020
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 . Soil is one of the most important natural resources we have, yet we’ve degraded over a third of the soil used to grow food, feed, fiber and fuel with intensive farming practices.
Rinexii
APRIL 29, 2022
How soil can save us. Farmers typically till for a variety of reasons–to till weed seeds into the ground, to fallow it, and to loosen the soil for the next round of crops. Unfortunately, tilling destroys soil structure and releases huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
Grist
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Later, when the Aroostook Band of Micmacs took over the site’s ownership, they found its soil was rife with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS, cancer-causing compounds that are so difficult to break down they’re commonly known as “forever chemicals.”.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2021
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.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 8, 2022
With the UK reaching record temperatures this summer along with the driest conditions since 1976, ongoing concerns about food security, wildlife habitats and biodiversity, having a healthy soil system is more vital and challenging than ever before.
Grist
JULY 25, 2022
But is that food still safe to eat if it’s grown in lead-contaminated soil? Researchers tested the lead levels of plants grown with various phosphate-based fertilizers (often used to mitigate soil lead levels) and with no fertilizer at all.
Grist
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Yet it does nothing to address key questions about the underlying science of soil carbon sequestration, and whether carbon offsets are even an effective way to incentivize it. He said many of his peers don’t understand the role carbon plays in soil, or how it can be sequestered or released.
CleanTech Group
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
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Eco-Business
JANUARY 9, 2023
Excessive use of chemical fertilisers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk
GreenBiz
APRIL 10, 2020
The questions underscore the complexities of soil science. Agriculture Carbon Capture Foodstuff Regenerative Agriculture SoilSkeptics are sowing doubts about the carbon sequestration potential.
Eco-Business
OCTOBER 21, 2021
An integrated farming system pioneered to help tackle soil erosion in the northeast Indian state has boosted the profits and resilience of indigenous communities
Planet Pulse
APRIL 12, 2022
Much of the work we have done to produce these feeds draws on the use of passive microwave sensors, which provide unique insight in measuring water content in soils and vegetation.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 3, 2022
After rapid development and intensive farming, China is finally carrying out a new soil survey to help with its food security and carbon targets
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The post The Brief: Trust-based investing practices, upskilling in Chicago, soil wealth, blockchain impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Inclusive Economy Six trust-based practices to help investors shift power to communities.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 26, 2021
The post Retool finance to rebuild soil health appeared first on Impact Alpha. Regenerative agriculture may be in vogue, but in many ways, it’s as old as agriculture itself, as practiced by our ancestors and to. Impact Voices Regeneration
AGreenLiving
MARCH 23, 2022
The habits of home gardeners develop mostly by trial and error influenced by old wives’… The post Soil Solarization for Weed Control appeared first on Earth911. Read more: Soil Solarization for Weed Control. Eco appeared-first control develop-mostly earth911 first-on-earth911 home & garden home-gardeners old-wives soil-solarization solarization trial-and
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 7, 2020
ImpactAlpha, October 7 – Krishitantra’s Sandeep Kondaji was frustrated in getting timely soil data to help his uncle make decisions around fertilizer use on his farm. The post Krishitantra secures seed funding to monitor India’s soil health appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 1, 2020
CIRIA, the Construction Industry Research and Information Association has commissioned a new research project that aims to produce concise, up to date, interactive guidance on the whole surplus soil management process from ‘cradle to grave’, with Stantec appointed as the project research contractor.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 13, 2021
Industry specialists working on contaminated land are being urged to use the new British Standard BS 10176 for soil sampling. Good soil VOC data begins with good sampling practices. Concerns raised over reliability of old-style VOC testing.
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 29, 2019
One of the biggest complaints about urban living is the lack of space to grow your own veggies, but this automatic home garden can fit in nearly any kitchen space
AGreenLiving
OCTOBER 1, 2021
A new report shows that regenerative agriculture practices are good for incomes, soil health and the environment. View original here: Soil health practices are paying off.
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