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Healthy soil is teeming with life.

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It’s made up of billions of microscopic & macroscopic organisms representing the greatest concentration of biomass anywhere on Earth.

This includes millions of different species of bacteria, algae, fungi, insects, earthworms, beetles, ants & mites.

Just a teaspoonful of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are people on the earth, according to the USDA. nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/fi… #nature #science #SharedPlanet

#nature #science #sharedplanet
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Preston MacDougall
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“The Lord has created medicines out of the earth; and (s)he that is wise will not abhor them.” - Liber Ecclesiasticus 38:4

“Chemical Eye 👁️ on Superheroes vs. Superbugs” 👉 sitnews.us/MacDougall/082505_m…

SitNews - Chemical Eye on Superheroes vs. Superbugs by Preston MacDougall

Stories in the News' provides local news from Ketchikan, Saxman, Metlakatla, Prince of Wales Island and Alaska state news, national and world news.
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I often see posts with people freaking out about finding mites in soil and have to be like, a handful of healthy soil has hundreds of mites, they're supposed to be there!

Soil without critters in it is like a ocean without life.

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Marty 🇨🇦
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funny, I find this an uplifting piece of ‘news’ just for the positive use of the words “billion” and “millions.” There’s been such a negative context around those words referring to that small percentage of the population hoarding that much money and using it’s influence to steer governments and corporations down paths of greed and power.
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Forschergeist: FG099 Biodiversität von Mikroorganismen

Webseite der Episode: forschergeist.de/podcast/fg099…

Mediendatei: forschergeist.de/podlove/file/…


FG099 Biodiversität von Mikroorganismen

Die DSMZ in Braunschweig zwischen Forschung und Wissenschaftspolitik Der Kosmos der kleinsten Lebewesen auf dieser Welt ist noch weitgehend unbekanntes Terrain. Die Wissenschaft kennt derzeit rund 19.
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Elizabeth
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Back when I was doing landscape design, one of the greatest things, beyond creating beauty, was improving soil and environments that had been abused and neglected. To see earthworms and butterflies return was so amazing. We can all have an impact and improve the soil wherever we are.

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