People walk on it, plant their gardens in it and build foundations over it. Yet most people do not give soil a second thought. To many, it is just dirt.

But Chuck Rice, distinguished professor of soil microbiology at Kansas State University, disagrees. “Dirt is misplaced soil,” he said. “Soil is more than dirt. When people see water, they can see clean water or dirty water. But soil is just something people walk on without thinking about what’s in it.”

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