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According to the Global Soil Moisture Data Bank, global soil moisture increased throughout the 20th century at almost all sites.
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Some analysts say the government refuses to release data on soil pollution in part because of fears it could unleash social instability.
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Wineries are using iPads in their vineyards to the call up weather data and soil profiles, record quality assessment and make decisions on the spot about whether to harvest their grapes.
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The satellite images picked out the right type of afforested land, and topography, which, when combined with other data on soil types, rainfall, and temperature, produced a clear "Loa Loa map" of several African countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
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Using data collected from soil samples, the research team ran an extreme scenario - where kudzu covered all non-urban and non-agricultural soils in the species' range by 2050 - through a "chemical transport" model.
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He added that the experiment would provide data on how novel crops, such as miscanthus, introduced carbon into the soil and how stable it was once it was in the ground.
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