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Compost Council of Canada ready to 'Feed the Soil' at national conference
2013-07-16 12:50:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
The Compost Council of Canada is gearing up for Feed the Soil, the councils 23rd annual National Compost Conference.
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Utility Accounts for Soil Liquefaction
2013-07-11 21:28:00| Transmission & Distribution World
By Alan Wironen and Daniel T. Butler, TRC Companies Inc., and Phil Massicotte, Public Service of New Hampshire Substation foundations designed to stand up to earthquake soil loading. read more
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Conserve Water and Soil Fertility to Increase Productivity under Climate Change
2013-07-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Higher temperatures and longer growing seasons in the UK could provide opportunities for farmers to increase productivity.
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Climate Change Alters Soil Bacteria Distribution
2013-07-07 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: When we think about global warming, we tend to fret about things we can see: plants, animals, the polar ice caps. But the effects of climate change may go much deeper: into the earth itself. Because a new study shows that temperature controls where soil-dwelling microbes live. The findings are in the journal Science. [Ferran Garcia-Pichel et al., Temperature Drives the Continental-Scale Distribution of Key Microbes in Topsoil Communities] (Audio of Garcia-Pichel here.) Bacteria are key players...
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Climate will alter the soil that feeds us
2013-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Global warming may be about to change the ground under our feet and perhaps not in a good way. Rising temperatures could affect one of the most important communities on the planet: Tiny microbes in soil everywhere that make life possible for the rest of creation, according to new research by scientists in the United States and Spain. Cyanobacteria are almost everywhere, have been around for the whole of life's 3.5 billion-year history, and fix nitrogen from the atmosphere to fertilize plants...
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