Soil Discoveries
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Fragile Soil Crisis
Nevada 0.50 · Arizona 0.48 · New Mexico 0.39 — the West's thin soils under siege
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Carbon Depletion Belt
Arizona 88% · Texas 83% · Oklahoma 80% — OM vanishing faster than it forms
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Crisis Index (FSI × OM)
Where fragile structure meets carbon loss — the dual-threat crisis zone
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Resilience Map
Maine 0.10 · NH 0.16 · Alaska 0.12 — where soils still thrive
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Conservation Opportunity
Iowa · Illinois · Indiana — high OM loss where cover crops hit hardest
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Food Security (NCCPI)
Red River Valley · Corn Belt Mollisols — where soils feed the world
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Ecological & Special
Forest soils · morel habitat · karst · hydric wetlands — nature's archive
Fragile Soil Index — Dominant Condition
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