There are lots of factors that contribute to Earth’s climate. However, scientists agree that Earth has been getting warmer in the past 50 to 100 years due to human activities.

Why is soil important?

Plants - Many plants need soil to grow. Plants use soil not only for nutrients, but also as a way to anchor themselves into the ground using their roots. 

Atmosphere - Soil impacts our atmosphere releasing gasses such as carbon dioxide into the air. Living organisms - Many animals, fungi, and bacteria rely on soil as a place to live. 

Nutrient cycles - Soil plays an important role in cycling nutrients including the carbon and nitrogen cycles. 

Water - The soil helps to filter and clean our water.

Science The process by which minerals move down through soil is called leaching. 

In a teaspoon of good soil there will typically be several hundred million bacteria. The average acre of good cropland will be home to over 1 million earthworms. Soil is mostly made of the elements oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, and carbon.  It is possible to over-farm soil and remove so much of its nutrients and organic matter that plants will no longer be able to grow in it.

Eat sustainable foodstuffs, properly recycle batteries, produce homemade compost and dispose of drugs in the places authorised for this purpose. Encourage a more eco-friendly model for industry, farming and stock breeding, among other economic activities.

Improve urban planning and transport planning and waste water treatment.     Improve the management of mining waste, restore the landscape and conserve topsoil.