Soil is the result of eons of planetary evolution — billions of years of the elements weathering rock and more than 425 million years of interactions with complex life.

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Life Striking artworks reveal the beauty of mushrooms and other soil life. A new exhibition at Somerset House in London, SOIL: The World at Our Feet, wants us to rediscover how key soil is to our ...