"A very good soil scientist did a survey of it and it was sent out to me in Germany, and it said something like 'I cannot think of a finer site in the whole of the South East' for viticulture.

Source: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tenterden/news/how-the-godfather-of-english-wine-started-a-revolution-in-ke-281928/

Despite concerns that the volcanic ash, which blanketed 99% of the country, would make soils too toxic to grow crops, "food production has resumed with little impacts," said Siosiua Halavatu, a soil scientist speaking on behalf of the Tongan government.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/one-year-after-volcanic-blast-many-of-tongas-reefs-lay-silent/article_92896161-c342-55e0-b206-08e25725593a.html

The work, done in collaboration with scientists from Canada, Japan and the United States, confirms collective findings from previous experiments that manipulated plant diversity, notes study co-author and soil scientist Scott Chang.

Source: https://thegrizzlygazette.com/business/tree-diversity-increases-carbon-storage-soil-fertility-in-forests/