Wednesday March 23, 2005

The World Saved By...Rock Dust?!

Rock dust yields extra-big vegetables (and might save us from global warming) - according to the Independent newspaper.

This by-product of quarrying could revive barren soil, based on a theory that the soil is naturally mineralised by glaciers during ice ages. As we're many thousands of years away from the next ice age, rock dust is intended to emulate this process.

Posted in: Body :: Brain :: Environment :: Science by bubblejam at 05:44 PM

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