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[–] Track_Shovel 3 points 1 year ago

95% of food production comes from soil, and areable soils are disappearing at an alarming rate. FAO in 2015 stated there are approximately 60 harvests left...

Soils contain a shitpile of carbon, and that's not including organic (peat) soils. Disturbance and increased air temps speed up this release.

I don't think I'm understating things