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Soil is much more than dirt…

Soils underpin our ecosystems, our climate and human culture. Some of the biggest issues affecting our world and its inhabitants have soil at their heart. Healthy soil supports biodiversity: biodiverse soils can host millions of organisms in each teaspoon. Sustaining life in soil is essential to ensure soil health, which supports our ability to grow food and farm effectively. When managed well, soil can store significant amounts of rainfall, preventing flooding and dirty run-off which can affect the health and...

Australia land of extremes. Why?

One of the issues that came out of the recent #Cop26 climate conference was – that Australia is very much impacted by extremes of climate and the impacts can seen in bushfires which have devastated both wildlife and people in New South Wales and other states. So, why is Australia so very much affected by climate? Australia is a land of “drought and flooding rains”. As rainfall varies significantly from year to year and from decade to decade, recurring floods...