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2. Soil quality - Wikipedia

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   Soil quality reflects how well a soil performs the functions of maintaining biodiversity and productivity, partitioning water and solute flow, filtering and buffering, nutrient cycling, and providing support for plants and other structures. Soil management has a major impact on soil quality. Soil quality relates to soil functions. Unlike water ...

3. Soil health - Wikipedia

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   The phrase "soil health" has largely replaced the older "soil quality". The primary difference between the two expressions is that soil quality was focused on individual traits within a functional group, as in "quality of soil for maize production" or "quality of soil for roadbed preparation" and so on.

4. Particulate organic matter - Wikipedia

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   Soil temperature and moisture also affect the rate of POM decomposition. [6] Because POM is a readily available (labile) source of soil nutrients, is a contributor to soil structure, and is highly sensitive to soil management, it is frequently used as an indicator to measure soil quality. [8]

5. Soil ecology - Wikipedia

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   Soil microbial communities experience shifts in the diversity and composition during dehydration and rehydration cycles. [5] Soil moisture affects carbon cycling a phenomenon known as Birch effect. [6] [7] Temperature variations in soil are influenced by factors such as seasonality, environmental conditions, vegetation, and soil composition.

6. Environmental impact of fashion - Wikipedia

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   The consumer use phase in the life cycle of clothing and other textiles is a significant area of impact, yet is often overlooked. [60] While there is minimal research into energy efficient washers and dryers as a method of reducing impact on the consumer side, [ 60 ] wearing garments for 9 months longer could cut overall waste by 22% and water ...

7. You're not crazy. We're in a drought and it's pouring rain - AOL

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   After being deluged with 14 inches of rain over three days, which was far more than the soil could absorb, the city saw just 0.03 inch in the entire month of October.