Show heat stored U up P by earth cooks cook plants to death minneapolis temperatures temper a t u r e s reach degrees a few inches beneath the earths surface it was revealed in the annual report of dr raphael zon director of the lakes states forest experiment station at university of minnesota farm the information was obtained from thermometers buried in the surface soil last summer the difference between the above and be low temperatures was due to the earths capacity for storing heat doctor zon explained many plants do not die from lack of moisture during a drouth as is gene generally rally believed he said they are simply cooked to death |