India, Dec. 28 -- If we die, we are buried in soil. If soil dies.?... Can you visualize the fallouts?

Soil, 'the thin skin of the earth' is indeed a wonderful gift of nature to humankind. It holds and filters water, helps plants to grow-not only food-giving but also medicinal-and homes myriad organisms. About 95 per cent of the foods we eat and antibiotics we use/consume originate in the ground underneath! Soil also inactivates pollutants and plays a central role in regulating climate change.

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