Bruno Glaser, a soil scientist of the University of Bayreuth, has studied unexpected patches of fertile soils in the central Amazon.

拜罗伊特大学的土壤科学家布鲁诺·格拉泽研究了亚马逊中部几块出人意料的肥沃土壤。

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The soil scientist also knew soil is alive or fertile and supports lush plant growth because of bacteria - the bacteria eat rocks to produce soil and then pass the minerals along to plants.

这位土壤科学家还知道了正是因为细菌土壤才有生命或者肥沃和支持繁茂的植物生长—细菌吃岩石同时生产土壤然后把矿物质传递给植物。

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The goal of the soil scientist is to improve the soil fertility and the chemical, physical, and microbial characteristics of the soil.

土壤学家的目标是提高土壤肥力并改进土壤的化学、物理和微生物性状。

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Soil scientist Michel Cavigelli of the U.S. Department of Agriculture agrees that no-till fields, like the one he studies in rural Maryland, can hold more carbon than plowed fields.

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