Long TextExercise 62 of 74

It is a curious feature of the environmental debate that soil - the thin, fragile layer of material on which virtually all terrestrial life depends - receives a fraction of the public attention devoted to the atmosphere, the oceans, or the forests. Climate change, plastic pollution, and deforestation dominate the…

• What criticism does the writer make about public awareness of environmental issues?
• Why does the writer describe healthy soil as a 'living system'?