A pair of cotton underwear—one slightly decomposed and one heavily decomposed—in front of the ground profile of a meadow (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

A pair of cotton underwear—one slightly decomposed and one heavily decomposed—in front of the ground profile of a meadow

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Slightly or heavily decomposed? The more active the soil organisms, the faster the cotton material decomposes. (Image: Priska Koller, Agroscope)

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Priska Koller, Agroscope

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