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What the smell of a soil can tell us about soil health

Source: Phys.org · Published 28 Sept 2026, 00:30

Farmers used to sniff their soil to gauge how healthy it was. According to ecologist Rosa Boone, you can deduce a great deal from its smell: "The fungi and bacteria present in the soil are important…

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