{
  "id": 5425632,
  "title": "Microbes—dead or alive—can be early indicators of soil health under regenerative farming",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/microbes-dead-or-alive-can-be-early-indicators-of-soil-health-under",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-03T21:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-microbes-dead-alive-early-indicators.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers have demonstrated a series of biological tests that could serve as \"proxies\" for measuring how different regenerative agriculture practices could improve soil carbon—years before it would be possible to measure the carbon directly. The technique offers new insights into how effective various regenerative practices are at improving soil health.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}