The ground beneath us : from the oldest cities to the last wilderness, what dirt tells us about who we are / Paul Bogard.

"When a teaspoon of soil contains millions of species, and when we pave over the earth on a daily basis, what does that mean for our future? What is the risk to our food supply, the planet's wildlife, the soil on which every life-form depends? Who much undeveloped, untrodden ground do we even have l...

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