Soil
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"Here again we are reminded that in nature nothing exists alone. To understand more clearly how the pollution of our world is happening, we must now look at another of the earth's basic resources, the soil."--Silent Spring (1962) by Rachel Carson |
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Soil, also commonly referred to as earth, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life of plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil.
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See also
- Acid sulfate soil
- Agrophysics
- Crust
- Agricultural science
- Factors affecting permeability of soils
- Index of soil-related articles
- Mycorrhizal fungi and soil carbon storage
- Shrink–swell capacity
- Soil biodiversity
- Soil liquefaction
- Soil moisture velocity equation
- Soil zoology
- Tillage erosion
- World Soil Museum
- Red soil
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