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  • Study produces staggering estimate of soil depletion from Midwest farming

    Feb 25, 2021 9:00 am by National Public RadioIllinois in the News
    Soil on hilltops in this photo is lighter in color, revealing a loss of fertile topsoil. Photo by Evan Thaler for NPR

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    • Soil on hilltops in this photo is lighter in color, revealing a loss of fertile topsoil. Photo by Evan Thaler for NPR

    NPR (Feb. 24) Other soil scientists are skeptical. Illinois professor Michelle Wander says the study relies on a series of assumptions to fill in gaps in the data, and those assumptions probably overestimate topsoil loss.