A new study suggests patches of fertile soil in the Amazon, known as dark earth, were intentionally produced by ancient Amazonians as a way...
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The 'dark earth' revealing the Amazon's secrets ... Amid the discovery of a lost city in the Amazon rainforest, scientists are uncovering a...
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How Ancient Amazonians Locked Away Thousands of Tons of Carbon in “Dark Earth”.
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Schmidt, the study's lead author, joined Perron's group as a postdoc in 2018 and collaborated on a soil analysis that found deposits of dark...
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Ancient Humans Created Super-Fertile “Dark Earth” · A new study confirms that ancient humans intentionally created patches of very fertile “dark...
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Now, a multidisciplinary team of scientists and Indigenous partners suggests the ancient Amazonians intentionally created the rich soil...
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Over recent decades, archaeologists have been struggling to come up with an explanation for this so-called Amazonian dark earth, yet new...
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In both the ancient and modern sites, the soil fertility was higher in the residential centers than in the periphery. Throughout the residential...
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Nutrient-rich soil known as “dark earth” has been cultivated by Indigenous farmers in the Amazon for centuries, leaving behind a large and...
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Major landmarks across the globe are going dark en masse Saturday night for Earth Hour 2024.
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