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#soilquality — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #soilquality, aggregated by home.social.

  1. A study in Germany and Luxembourg "has shown for the first time that #permaculture brings about a significant improvement in #biodiversity, #SoilQuality and #CarbonStorage.

    According to the study, the soil quality and biodiversity on the permaculture plots was distinctly higher compared to the surrounding conventional agricultural land as well as compared to the literature values for conventional agriculture."

    phys.org/news/2024-07-permacul

  2. #ClimateEmergency #GlobalHeating #USPol #FoodShortages #WaterQuality #AirQuality #SoilQuality

    “Recently, after a series of extreme heatwaves in California forced her family to run the AC, her monthly electricity costs rose to about $500. Her water bill averages around $100, but because the water is contaminated with pesticides from nearby agricultural fields, her family spends an additional $140 each month to purchase jugs of drinking water. Her grocery bills have gone up as well, after a spate of winter storms disrupted harvests across the state.”

    From: @RebelGeo
    mastodon.social/@RebelGeo/1107

  3. Listen to the latest episode of #CORDIScovery to dig out valuable research on #SoilQuality & #FoodSecurity. 🔊

    Our guest Juan Suárez unfolds how Earth observation technologies can help improve food security and sustainable development. 📡

    🎧 europa.eu/!73ypkb

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/sta