As things are growing and dying, that organic material is now joining in with those sand, silt and clays. And so it starts adding to the water holding capacity. Organic matter is 50% carbon; if we can kind of move that lever, we can start offsetting or mitigating climate change.
Jessica Chiartas (@soil.life), founder of Soil Life, is a postdoctoral scholar and educator focusing on the long-term impacts of agricultural practices on soil health, with an emphasis on soil heterogeneity and the development of region-specific soil health indicators.
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