Save the earth.(Samplings)(soil conservation)(Brief Article)

Publication: Natural History

Publication Date: 01-DEC-03

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Probably the first thing concerned citizens think of when the word "endangered" pops up is an animal: the California condor, the giant panda, the bowhead whale, the leatherback sea turtle. But right under our feet may be something equally endangered: the soils of America. Of the 13,129 soil "series,"...

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