{"id":5653,"date":"2022-05-07T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/07\/the-secret-world-beneath-our-feet-is-mind-blowing-and-the-key-to-our-planets-future\/"},"modified":"2022-05-07T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T06:37:00","slug":"the-secret-world-beneath-our-feet-is-mind-blowing-and-the-key-to-our-planets-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/07\/the-secret-world-beneath-our-feet-is-mind-blowing-and-the-key-to-our-planets-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing \u2013 and the key to our planet\u2019s future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species<\/p>\n

Beneath our feet is an ecosystem so astonishing that it tests the limits of our imagination. It\u2019s as diverse as a rainforest or a coral reef. We depend on it for 99% of our food<\/a>, yet we scarcely know it. Soil.<\/p>\n

Under one square metre of undisturbed ground in the Earth\u2019s mid-latitudes<\/a> (which include the UK) there might live several hundred thousand small animals. Roughly 90% of the species to which they belong have yet to be named. One gram of this soil \u2013 less than a teaspoonful \u2013 contains around a kilometre of fungal filaments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nDon\u2019t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species
\nBeneath our feet is an ecosystem so astonishing that it tests the limits of our imagination. It\u2019s as diverse as a rainforest or a coral reef. We depend on it for 99% of our food, yet we scarcely know it. Soil.
\nUnder one square metre of undisturbed ground in the Earth\u2019s mid-latitudes (which include the UK) there might live several hundred thousand small animals. Roughly 90% of the species to which they belong have yet to be named. One gram of this soil \u2013 less than a teaspoonful \u2013 contains around a kilometre of fungal filaments. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species Beneath our feet is an ecosystem so astonishing that it tests the limits of our imagination. It\u2019s as diverse as a rainforest or a coral reef. We depend on it for 99% of our food, yet we scarcely know it. Soil. Under …<\/p>\n

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