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What are soil pores?

The different sizes and shapes of pores support many services in soils that ultimately benefit nature and humans

July 3, 2023 - Pores are in almost everything. Look closely enough and you will find them in the wood and bricks of buildings, your skin, and the ground beneath. Soil pores are the spaces between Earth’s solid pieces (rocks, sands, silts, clays, and organic matter). The Soil Science Society of America’s (SSSA) July 1^st Soils Matter blog explores how different sizes and shapes of pores support many services in soils that ultimately benefit nature and humans.

Soil pores are the spaces between Earth’s solid pieces (rocks, sands, silts, clays, and organic matter). Some pores are isolated and surrounded by solids on all sides, like a trapped bubble. Most pores are connected to each other and form pathways reaching far into the Earth. These pores are like the shops, social hangouts, roadways, and commercial flyways of the world below our feet. They are where the action happens.

Aaron Daigh from University of Nebraska - Lincoln explains the surfaces of pores are particularly active, with some more active than others. Pore walls built from or lined with clays and organic matter provide a fertile area for the trading, transforming, and storing of desirable chemical compounds such as plant nutrients and food for microorganisms.

To read the entire blog please visit: https://soilsmatter.wordpress.com/2023/07/01/what-are-soil-pores/

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The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is a progressive international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, and founded in 1936, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members and 1,000+ certified professionals dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. The Society provides information about soils in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management, recycling, and wise land use.

The Soil Science Society of America is an international scientific and professional society with its headquarters in Madison, WI. Our members are dedicated to advancing the field of soil science in relation to food production, environmental quality, sustainability, waste management and wise land use. We work at universities, government research facilities and private businesses across the United States and the world.