Soil Regeneration Stops Climate Change
The solution is right under our feet. Yes, the earth. The earth is responsible for a large amount of CO2 that can trap. In fact, healthy soil is the only thing that stabilizes the Earth’s climate. Save the earth that waters us and feeds the world, and many of the problems we face will be solved. We know too little about Mother Soil, which sustains life, to know how it works.
The earth will save us.
"Soil Mechanism" is the Key to Revitalization
Before we get into how it works, remember that there are two actors on the stage called soil. That is, the plants and the soil microorganisms. Let me tell you how compatible their story is. Plants use solar energy from space to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The plants then create the energy (carbon compounds) necessary for their own growth. The important thing here is not to take all of that energy for yourself. The plant utilizes 60% of it and shares the remaining 40% with soil microorganisms through its roots. The microorganisms that receive the energy perform various functions in return for the plant. For example, using the energy they receive, microorganisms decompose organic matter from dead plants and animals, while providing plants with nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, and other mineral nutrients that they love, right where they are needed, in the roots of plants. Not only that, but microorganisms create holes in the soil and manipulate the flow of air and water while producing sticky carbon compounds (glomarine). This allows carbon to settle in the soil. In other words, the soil has the ability to trap atmospheric carbon dioxide in the soil through conversations between plants and microorganisms.
Soil is “Alive”
10 billion microorganisms in just 1 gram of soil
In fact, there are far more microorganisms in a handful of soil (about 30 grams) than in the entire human population of the earth. Up to 10 billion microorganisms work in just one gram of soil on your fingertip, and these organisms process the organic matter in the soil and convert it into the form of nutrients needed by plants. It is calculated that up to 1.1 trillion microorganisms are working unnoticed in soil as small as one rice ball (about 110 grams). When we become aware of the microorganisms active in the farmland we look over, it is hard to imagine the number of units. In conclusion, we live and eat plants that take up nutrients produced in the soil through the activities of microorganisms.
We consume nutruents in the soil
absorbed by plants
We are conncected to
microorganisms in the soil
Modern agriculture is the causes of desertification
Of all human activities, agriculture is the one that most alters the natural world. In modern agriculture, chemical and nitrogen fertilizers have developed. To the extent that it is misunderstood that harvests do not cease even if the soil is not cared for. Without understanding the natural order of things (how the soil works), large amounts of chemicals were put into the soil anyway, and the amounts kept increasing. Thus, the deterioration of the soil has been hidden by chemical fertilizers for a long time. And when the soil is weakened, farmers are in the habit of using pesticides. This “vicious circle” has reached its limits. The earth is screaming. Yes, modern agriculture does not aim to improve the soil. We have been killing the microorganisms in the soil with pesticides for about 100 years. Of course, they will say they never meant to. There are already farmlands in Japan where microorganisms are <undetectable> in the soil.
In conventionally pesticide-applied soil
Microorganisms are virtually non-existent.
Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution.
The Planetary Boundary (Prof. J. Rockstrom et al.), a concept underlying the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015, presented nine marginal risks for the Earth. Notably, “pollution by nitrogen and phosphorus” was scientifically confirmed as the highest risk to the global environment. Moreover, modern agriculture depends on phosphate fertilizers (chemical fertilizers) made from mined phosphate ores, which may be depleted in the next 50 to 100 years. And the excessive use of nitrogen and phosphorus is causing serious ecological impacts, polluting rivers, lakes, and even oceans through agricultural runoff. Nitrogen, when released into the atmosphere, also contributes to ozone depletion and global warming. The Planetary Boundary concept calls for strict controls and reduction measures for these problems.
Today, most crops are genetically engineered
to be tolerant of pesticides.
Deterioration of soil is deterioration of the body
Toxic substances that degrade the soil first enter the soil, then the water, and then the human body. Many pesticides and herbicides are then ingested by babies through breast milk. More than 200 peer-reviewed articles have claimed a correlation between pesticide application and adverse health effects (attention deficit disorder, childhood cancer, birth defects, etc.).
It is no wonder, knowing the history of the poison, that it was used as the first chemical weapon in history during the war and later sold to farmers as a pesticide by pharmaceutical companies. Today, it is estimated that 1.36 kg of toxic substances per U.S. citizen are deposited on food, and 8 kg of chemicals accumulate in the body of Japanese people annually. Pesticides kill soil microorganisms as well as those in the human body; according to 2017 data, the amount of pesticides used in Japan (per hectare) is well over four times that of the United States.
Microbes gives us nutrient
and absorb carbon from the air.
Pesticides kills microbes.
Death of the microbes is the cause of
desertification, drought, floods, and climate change
Destroying the earth
Since the 1970s, 1/3 of the earth’s topsoil has been lost since the increased use of pesticides worldwide.
All due to “soil degradation.”
34% of the farmland is ….
About 34% of the world’s active farmland (about 1.66 billion hectares) is already degraded due to our nearly 100 years of economic production activities that have led to an overdose of chemical fertilizers on the soil.
Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Every 5 seconds
The rate of soil degradation is severe. The rate is such that every five seconds, “an entire soccer field’s worth of soil is lost. And although it takes thousands of years to develop a rich topsoil, about 90% of the Earth’s topsoil is projected to be at risk by 2050.
Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
100 million hectares annually
In aggregate, our planet loses approximately 100 million hectares of healthy and productive land from the earth each year due to desertification, drought, and land degradation, equivalent to three Japanese countries (approximately 2.7 times the amount of land on our planet). (Most recent 2015-2019 statistics)
Data source: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Soils is now emitting CO2 instead of absorbing
About 140 million tons of chemical fertilizers enter the world’s topsoil each year. These fertilizers are steadily oxidizing the soil and depositing heavy metals, changing the soil into an environment where indigenous microorganisms cannot live. As a result, about 19 billion tons of carbon dioxide is now emitted annually from the world’s agricultural land into the atmosphere. All of this is what mankind has been doing.
Data Source: Humus, the forgotten opportunity to save the planet
Once the soil is regenerated …
Desertification Crisis
Healthy soil has the ability to absorb water and carbon dioxide. However, when soil is damaged, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. Water retention capacity is then lost, and the dry soil turns to dust. This is desertification. Currently, about 66% of the Earth’s land area is threatened by desertification. The Earth is experiencing rapid desertification while hosting an ever-increasing world population. Desertification means the loss of agricultural land that sustains our lives.
The Earth's Water Cycle
When desertification occurs and vegetation disappears, evaporation occurs. The temperature of the earth will soar, creating a vortex of hot air that will drive the rain clouds elsewhere. In this way, mankind is destroying the water cycle. Two-thirds of the world is becoming desert, and by 2050, one billion people will be refugees due to desertification. We are on the verge of destruction that will affect the entire planet. According to the United Nations, the earth’s topsoil will disappear completely within 60 years. In other words, unless we find the means to save the soil, we will only be able to harvest it 60 more times.
More than 20 civilizations around the world
have collapsed as a result of the
destruction of nature through agriculture.
Plants / Microbes
and
Climate / Civilization are linked.
Soil absorb CO2 Let’s return it back to the soil.
Soil can absorb six times more CO2 than the atmosphere
Since 1750, when the Industrial Revolution began, humans have emitted 1 trillion tons, or 1,000 GT (gigatons) of carbon into the atmosphere. Attempts to “reduce emissions” are no longer sufficient. The key is to reduce the amount of CO2. The key is that the soil can hold far more CO2 than the sum of the CO2 stored by the atmosphere and plants. This is the only “solution. Soil can absorb about 6 times more (4,000 GT+) than the atmosphere (600 GT) and about 4 times more than plants (1,100 GT) of CO2 absorption capacity of plants (1,100 GT). Currently, soil is the only source of CO2 is being emitted from the soil and transferred to the atmosphere. The main reason for this is the degradation of “soil” and the death of microorganisms due to modern pesticides.
Soil microbes live on carbon.
We will protect this planet.
If we can restore the soil, the earth will recover. To do this, we must learn about the “soil mechanism” and completely change the way we grow plants. We must create an environment that encourages the microorganisms in the soil, which have been ignored until now, to work. In soil where microorganisms are active in a complex manner, the water cycle will return and rain will fall. Yes, the countless (8,000,000) diverse microorganisms work together in the soil, unnoticed, to link the micro-cycle of the chain of life and the grand cycle of the chain of the global environment. Technologies (cultured water, cultured soil, etc.) have been developed to restore the soil mechanism, and experiments have begun.
The reason microorganisms are being utilized is that modern agriculture is finding it increasingly difficult to increase crop yields, no matter how much chemical fertilizers are used.” Until now, pesticides and chemical fertilizers have killed all insects and bacteria. But we now know that what is more effective is not to kill them, but to increase the number of insects and microorganisms.”
Professor David Montgomery, University of Washington
The most effective technologies are
photosynthesis in plants and
soil microbial activity.
The concept of the initiative to raise awareness of the workings of microorganisms
eight hundred
knot. Restore the nature we have damaged. The Regeneration Project, which brings together the wisdom of volunteers, is needed on this planet now.
When the soil changes, the world changes.
Inherent water-holding capacity of soil
Microbially active soil has an excellent water-holding capacity that can store 27 times its weight in water. As this environment is lost from the soil, the soil dries out and desertification occurs. Hence, it creates serious climate changes on the earth, such as yellow sand rolled in by the wind, drought, and rapid moisture loss by sunlight, which becomes rain clouds and causes torrential rainfall.
Farmland is being created in the desert.
Sachem Farm in Cairo, Egypt, is a farm in the middle of the desert. There, by regenerating the soil, desertified soil has been converted into farmland, and fruit is ripening and lush greenery is spreading in the desert area. The secret of this miraculous oasis is that over a period of time, a layer of microorganism-active soil approximately 30 cm thick was created in the desert, creating a living environment for microorganisms. The soil’s natural high water-holding capacity was activated to prevent rainwater and runoff from eroding the desert soil layer, and the land was restored to a green environment.
Project Founder: Ibrahim Aboleish, Alternative Nobel Laureate
Data Source: Humus, the forgotten opportunity to save the planet
Which future do you want your
children to have?
Hemp, a plant that regenerates soil
The term “phytoremediation” is used to describe a technology that uses the ability of plants to absorb water and nutrients through their roots and pores. It is a technology that uses the ability of plants to absorb water and nutrients through their roots and pores to absorb and decompose pollutants in the soil, groundwater, and air. 1986’s Chernobyl nuclear accident, the world’s largest nuclear accident, led to experiments that showed promise for phytoremediation. In recent years, farmers in Taranto, Puglia, Italy, have planted cannabis crops in their soil to combat the devastating residual metal contamination from a large steel plant. The earth is home to plants that are compatible with indigenous microorganisms and regenerate degraded soil. It is expected to adsorb nitrite nitrogen, heavy and light metals, and other polluting toxins that are harmful to agricultural chemicals.