The real water reserve is beneath our feet. Soil has the capacity to hold 800% more water than all the rivers put together. But that potential can be realized only when the land has substantial native vegetation in the form of trees, bushes, summer crops, or ground cover that enriches the soil organic content. It is not just about building more dams to store more water. The biggest dam on the planet is the Soil. –Sg #SaveSoil
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Monoculture farming, where one crop is grown repeatedly on the same ground, drains the soil of specific nutrients and allows pests, pathogens, and diseases to thrive.#savesoil
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A whole grazing world exists beneath the ground.
Soil animals such as nematodes, mites, springtails, earthworms, and millipedes feed, move, and reshape the underground environment. They interact with bacteria and fungal networks, redistribute organic matter, create pores, and influence how carbon moves through the soil food web.
Researchers are now studying how these overlooked organisms affect long-term carbon storage. The more we understand life beneath the surface, the better we can understand soil health.
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Source: Open Access Government, “The hidden grazers beneath our feet and soil carbon storage.”
Soils are an essential and non-renewable natural resource hosting goods and services vital to ecosystems and human life. Soils are fundamental for producing crops, feed, fibre, fuel, and they filter and clean tens of thousands of cubic kilometers of water each year. #SaveSoil
Water scarcity is not only a climate issue. It is also a land-use issue.
A Nature Water study found that changing crop combinations in major U.S. river basins could reduce irrigation water demand while still considering farm income. In water-stressed areas, shifting away from highly water-intensive crops and using fallowing in suitable contexts may offer significant savings.
Smarter crop choices can help protect freshwater systems and make agriculture more resilient.
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Citation: Richter, B., Ao, Y., Lamsal, G., et al. (2023). Alleviating water scarcity by optimizing crop mixes. Nature Water, 1, 1035-1047. doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-0…
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Soil biodiversity is not only important for ecosystems. It can also open doors for science.
Researchers studying soil-dwelling myxobacteria identified new taxonomic diversity and five new classes of bioactive compounds. Some of these compounds showed antifungal, antiviral, or antibacterial activity.
The finding highlights why microbial diversity matters. The living world beneath the surface may hold compounds and functions that are still unknown.
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Citation: Agrawal, A., Garcia, R., Chen, G., et al. (2026). Unveiling the Taxonomic Diversity and Unprecedented Biosynthetic Treasure of the Phylum Myxococcota. Advanced Science, e76919. doi.org/10.1002/advs.76919
Healthy humans are a result of healthy soil.
Healthy soil comes from farming in a way that adds more organic matter to soil.
To make this happen on a large scale, we need to make global and national policies that incentivise farmers to adopt soil-friendly farming.
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