Aeroponic Technology for Accelerated Weathering of Extraterrestrial Regolith to Extract Plant Essential Nutrients and Generate Arable Soils

New paper by Harrison and Julie Howe’s lab. This beautiful work explores using regolith as a nutrient source and plant growth substrate for off-world agriculture. It investigates how aeroponic biowaste streams—containing plant root efflux and inorganic nutrients—can accelerate regolith weathering and improve extraterrestrial soil. Harrison participated on the Human-Plant AWG collaboration. Great work
.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00312

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