For this final discussion, please review the weekly assigned reading by Lal (200

For this final discussion, please review the weekly assigned reading by Lal (2007), who is a former President of the Soil Science Society of America. The reading can be found in the weekly lesson. Lal will try to convince you that
“…conservation, restoration, and enhancement of soil and water resources is essential to ensure humanity’s freedom from hunger and malnutrition, mitigate climate change, improve quality and quantity of fresh water resources, enhance biodiversity, generate ligno-cellulosic feed stock for biofuel production and improve income and living standards of rural population dependent on agriculture (Lal, 2007, p. 1434).”
Then read the following:
Doane, M., et al. 2020. reThink Soil. A Roadmap to U.S. Soil Health. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved from https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/rethink-soil-executive-summary.pdf
With these things in mind, search the internet for a current news story (within the last year) or current research (something published within the last two calendar years) involving soils! Summarize the story, tell us why. you picked it, be sure to include an image/figure/table, provide a link to the full story Do not post the same story as another classmate – so be sure to title your post with the full name of the article/story. The idea is to get you to think about applying your newly acquired knowledge of soil science within your larger interest in the field of environmental science. I am looking for solid connections here. Show me what you have learned!