Cover Crops Rebuild Tropical Vegetable Soils, but the Payoff Depends on Soil Type
A new field study on commercial Puerto Rican vegetable farms shows cover crop rotations improve soil health within two to ...
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Strip Thinning Preserves Forest Carbon in Subtropical Cypress Plantations, Study Finds
A 1,277-day litterbag experiment in Chinese cypress plantations shows that strip thinning and filling best preserves humus carbon, with litter ...
Harvest Timing, Not Crop Choice, Decides How Green Manures Feed the Soil
A 17-week pot experiment found that biomass maturity at harvest influenced green manure decomposition and soil nutrient dynamics more strongly ...
A Legacy Written in Soil: Special Issue Honors Spanish Soil Scientist Jaume Porta Casanellas
A special issue of the Spanish Journal of Soil Science honors the late Jaume Porta Casanellas with studies spanning salinity, ...
Rock-Weathered Calcium Emerges as Hidden Guardian of Carbon in Grassland Soils
A new modeling study shows that calcium released by rock weathering helps stabilize organic carbon in grassland Mollisol soils, and ...
Hidden Roots: How Underground Processes Could Decide the Arctic’s Carbon Future
A new review argues that changing root and rhizosphere processes beneath the greening Arctic may determine whether thawing permafrost becomes ...
Hidden Engineers of the Forest Floor: Shrubs Rewire Soil Carbon and Nutrient Cycling
A study of Polish pine forests shows that hazel, buckthorn, and rowan shrubs each leave distinct biochemical fingerprints on soil ...
Burying Straw Twice a Year Supercharges Maize Yields in Problematic Black Soil
A sixteen-year Chinese field experiment shows that returning both wheat and maize straw to lime concretion black soil each year ...
New Method Weighs Fungal Melanin in Soil, Revealing Its Role in Carbon Storage
Researchers in Finland have developed the first liquid chromatography method to directly quantify fungal melanin in soils, finding that melanin ...
Fungal Dead Matter Responds First as Young Forests Rewire Their Soils
A decade-long tree diversity experiment reveals that fungal necromass responds to tree richness and mycorrhizal type years before shifts appear ...
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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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