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Natural fibres in wet wipes may actually be worse for soil and animals
Fibres from wet wipes can get into fertilisers if they are flushed down the toilet Linda Kennedy/Alamy Natural fibres that…
Read More »Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil
A bacteriophage virus can kill microbes, influencing what happens to the carbon their bodies contain nobeastsofierce Science/Alamy Viruses that infect…
Read More »People claim the soil from this Irish churchyard has healing properties and it turns out they're right
We’ve all heard an old wives tale—a superstition or belief that seems ridiculous but just might have a kernel of…
Read More »Soil and water pollution: An invisible threat to cardiovascular health
Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the…
Read More »Amazon soil may store billions more tonnes of carbon than once thought
The Xingu Indigenous Territory in the Amazon may contain over 900 square kilometres of dark earth Leo F Freitas/Getty Images…
Read More »Biodegradable microplastics may actually be worse for soil and plants
Some supermarkets now use biodegradable plastic bags UrbanImages/Alamy Biodegradable plastics that get broken down into microplastics appear to damage soil…
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