Also the Smithsonian in Washington DC has an exhibit on soils
now through January called "Dig it! The Secrets of Soil."
http://www.mnh.si.edu/
Dan Fiscus
Ashwani Vasishth wrote:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/soil/mann-text
Published: September 2008
Good Earth
The future rests on the soil beneath our feet.
By Charles C. Mann
[...]
..."With eight billion people, we're going to have to start getting
interested in soil," he said. "We're simply not going to be able to
keep treating it like dirt."
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