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A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself." President Franklin D. Roosevelt We walk on soils, but often give little thought to what’s right under our feet.
Large masses of plastic refuse and other marine debris, drawn together by waves and wind, currently float across the north Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.
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One-hundred-sixty-one years ago this month, in early September 1859, a powerful magnetic storm generated by the sun collided with the Earth. The interaction triggered a worldwide event.