Tag: soil organic matter

A new soil survey of Bangladesh's Khulna region maps severe nitrogen and phosphorus depletion alongside abundant sulfur, potassium and magnesium, ...

A factorial field study in Ethiopia's Tigray highlands shows that integrated soil and water conservation measures significantly reduce compaction, boost ...

A new isotope-tracing study finds that mucus-like microbial secretions contribute to stable mineral-associated soil carbon at rates rivaling dead microbial ...

A study of six desert plant species shows that root traits control rhizosphere effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization ...

Spanish researchers have validated a new analytical protocol that reliably extracts and identifies microplastics as small as 50 micrometres in ...

A three-year field experiment on China's semiarid Loess Plateau shows that fertilization schemes incorporating biogas fertilizer improve soil properties, enrich ...

A comprehensive new review argues that sustainable agriculture depends on stewarding the soil microbiome, from fungal food webs and mycorrhizal ...

USDA-funded researcher Andi Jilling is leading projects revealing that mineral-bound soil organic matter, long considered stable, can release carbon and ...

A synthesis of 181 studies shows that soil mineralogy, texture and land-use history strongly control how temperate soils release carbon ...

New pot experiments show that clay mineral surface area controls mineral-associated soil carbon while pore size governs physically protected particulate ...