What if I told you that the infamous amazon rain forest was not entirely natural? Well it isn’t. According to National Geographic, the Amazonian’s were able to successfully engineer a fertilizer with high concentrations of low temperature charcoal also known as Terra Preta or boichar. According to the report, roughly ten percent of the amazon basin is covered with this miraculous fertilizer. Before the creation of Terra Preta, the original amazonian soil was far too acidic to support any less than the hardiest of crops which were not nearly enough to support the thousands of Amazonian’s who occupied the region. Also according to National Geo-graphics report, one of the reasons the amazon rain forest is so massive is because of this nutrient rich soil. Unfortunately, scientists have not been able to recreate Terra Preta in labs since its discovery many years ago.
How does this soils reproduction relate with American politics? The successful reproduction of Terra Preta would significantly aid in fighting global warming, logging would no longer have any environmental consequences, world hunger would be a thing of the past, and the American economy would be at an all time high if the recipe for the soil was under the control of the U.S. government. Please find the attached link for the site I pulled much of this information from. I am aware that this site is not on the list of acceptable site, however, they pulled their information from National Geographic.if you want to look up the article its called “Superdirt Made Lost Amazon Cities Possible”. Please remember to follow the blog guidelines before commenting
https://global.mongabay.com/news/bioenergy/2008/11/national-geographic-documentary-on.html
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