Soil plays a crucial role in the health of ecosystem functions in the world. It stores, moderates, and cycles nutrients and other elements. During these processes, nutrients can transform into plant-available forms, stay in the soil, or even get lost to air or water. Soil is also responsible for such essential functions as air quality,… [Read More]
Soil Conservation
Fertile Soil Depletion: How to Ensure a Food Secure Future?
We usually tend to believe that soil depletion should concern only farmers and those involved in the industry. But what if you knew that the equivalent of one soccer pitch of soil erodes every five seconds, decreasing crop yields by up to 50 percent? This means that the depletion of nutrients in the soil also… [Read More]
Compost vs. Topsoil: What’s the Difference?
Topsoil vs. compost: isn’t it all the same? Well, technically, yes, it’s all dirt. But practically, compost and topsoil have a few differences in nutrient composition and uses. Since they resemble each other quite a bit, it might not be easy to distinguish between the two. Whether you’re planning to install a new lawn, raise… [Read More]
Loss of Topsoil: A Global Issue
Topsoil isn’t just dirt. It’s one of the most critical components of our food system since 95% of food comes from the soil. And with the world’s population snowballing, there might be less than 60 years of farming left if soil degradation continues. Soil is a habitat for many organisms that make it a complex… [Read More]
6 Examples of Sustainable Uses of Soil
It’s never too late to start using sustainable soil management practices. If you want to have healthy soil, you need to treat it like one of your most valuable investments. Almost one thousand hectares of cultivated land continue to be lost every year, according to Science X. It means that our society receives fewer and… [Read More]
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