The Amoebae We Forgot: Tiny Predators May Hold the Key to Climate-Microbiome Dynamics
A new PLOS Ecosystems opinion article argues that free-living amoebae, long ignored in climate and public health surveillance, may be ...
Tag: soil ecology
Nitrogen Pollution Quietly Strips Carbon From Forest Soils, No Matter Its Form
A field experiment in a subtropical Chinese plantation shows that inorganic and organic nitrogen additions alike reduce soil microbial necromass ...
Fungal Teams in Soil Defy Expectations, Reshaping Tomato Growth and Disease Defense
A high-throughput phenotyping study shows that mixtures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi produce additive, synergistic, and antagonistic effects on tomato growth ...
Heatwaves Quietly Suppress Soil Antibiotic Resistance Genes, European Study Finds
A large-scale European experiment shows that heatwaves push soil bacteria into survival mode, temporarily reducing antibiotic resistance genes, while cold, ...
Shrubs, Rain and Plant Traits Decide How Well Alpine Meadows Work
A survey of 63 Qinghai–Tibet Plateau meadow sites shows that precipitation-dependent shifts in aboveground plant traits, rather than soil nematode ...
New Model Puts a Number on How Much Mycorrhizal Fungi Help Maize Grow
Researchers in Iran have developed a mathematical modeling approach that quantifies, for the first time, how much arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ...
Paved California Is Quietly Erasing Its Fungi, Community Science Data Reveal
A decade of community science records shows that impervious surfaces in California are linked to reduced fungal richness and a ...
Invasive South American Earthworm Quietly Takes Over Protected Forests in Northeast India
A year-long survey of two protected subtropical forests in Manipur, India, reveals that the invasive South American earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus ...
Underground Life Takes Center Stage as Soil Book Claims Top Ecology Prize
Frank Ashwood's The World Beneath Our Feet has won the British Ecological Society's Marsh Ecology Book of the Year 2026 ...
Plant Diversity and Body Width Govern Hidden Soil Nematode Worlds
A large-scale study across Southwest China and Thailand shows that plant community turnover and nematode body width jointly shape the ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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