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People built with what they could reach: stone from the hillside, timber from nearby forests, earth from the ground beneath ...

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The ground beneath our feet is exhaling. Steadily and without pause, through a process called soil respiration, plant roots and microbes release carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the atmosphere. In one cited ...

For all the attention we pay to our human microbiome, we are still neglecting Earth’s microbes, according to a new scientific paper, and the consequences could be devastating for our planet.

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University of Melbourne hydrology professor Dongryeol Ryu and his collaborator Ki-Weon Seo were on a train to visit Ryu's family when they found something startling. Stopped at a station for technical ...

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