Free Webinar Today: The Worldwide Loss of Soil Moisture
Hart Hagan
You’re invited to a free webinar today.
To RSVP, click here: The Worldwide Loss of Soil Moisture: Friday, October 17 @ 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)
We will talk about the underrated and overlooked topic of soil moisture.
Think about it … if the soil loses moisture, then the soil organisms die, because water is life, and all living things need water, including the all-important soil microorganisms.
This has been happening on a large scale worldwide, as reported in the journal Science, here: Abrupt sea level rise and Earth’s gradual pole shift reveal permanent hydrological regime changes in the 21st century | Science
You can’t tell it from the headline, but the focus of the study is terrestrial water storage, the amount of water stored on and in the land.
They report that the soils of the world lost 2,623 billion tonnes of water between the years 2000 and 2016. This translates to 2,623 cubic kilometers of water lost from the “land,” i.e., the soil.
Extrapolating just a bit, assuming these trends have continued from 2017 to the present, we are looking at a loss of 4,000 billion tonnes, or 4,000 cubic kilometers of water lost from the soils of the world in this still-young 21st century.
The sad part is the gross misinterpretation of these findings. These otherwise intelligent people (scientists and reporters) misinterpret their findings. They reveal no understanding of what regenerative farmers know: that healthy soil holds water, and lots of it.
As reported by the US Department of Agriculture, healthy soil (as measured by the percentage of soil organic matter) holds monumental amounts of water.
“One percent of organic matter in the top six inches of soil would hold approximately 27,000 gallons of water per acre.” —USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, “Soil Health Key Points,” February 2013
That’s what we’ll talk about in today’s webinar: how to reverse the decline of soil moisture. What are the problems, and what are the solutions?
To RSVP, click here: The Worldwide Loss of Soil Moisture: Friday, October 17 @ 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Hope to see you there!
Hart