EPA-funded study will measure soil and dust ingestion levels in US children
TUCSON, Arizona — How much dust do children swallow? Researchers at theUniversity of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of ...
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Is excavated soil and rock a waste? Sintering utilization says no
Urban construction, especially the ongoing large-scale expansion and utilization of underground space, has resulted in massive excavated soil and rock ...
Topography and soil pH steer the activity-density and spatial distribution of termites in a fine-scale study
Soil fauna, especially termites, are essential for sustainable forest ecosystems and significantly influence soil quality. The community composition and activity ...
A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon
GAINESVILLE, FLA. -- Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone ...
Soil microbes use different pathways to metabolize carbon
Much of what scientists think about soil metabolism may be wrong. New evidence from Northern Arizona University suggests that microbes ...
Lunar soil has the potential to generate oxygen and fuel
Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, scientists in China report ...
How a soil microbe could rev up artificial photosynthesis
Plants rely on a process called carbon fixation – turning carbon dioxide from the air into carbon-rich biomolecules – for ...
Singapore scientists demonstrate that some tropical plants have potential to remove toxic heavy metals from the soil
A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Singapore’s National Parks Board (NParks), has demonstrated that ...
From rare soil microbe, a new antibiotic candidate
Demand for new kinds of antibiotics is surging, as drug-resistant and emerging infections are becoming an increasingly serious global health ...
The pleasant smell of wet soil indicates danger to bacteria-eating worms, Concordia researchers find
The smell of geosmin is unmistakable: it’s the odour that permeates the air after a summer rain squall or fills ...
Intercropping melon and cowpea improves soil nutrients and increases melon yields
The Diverfarming project analysed the nutrients and changes in the soil microbial community in the first year of intercropping melon ...
New estimation strategy improves soil carbon sampling in agricultural fields
There is much more carbon stored in Earth’s soil than in its atmosphere. A significant portion of this soil carbon ...
ERC grant helps identify the impact of land-use change on plant species and soil fertility
Associate Professor of Plant Ecology of the University of Tartu Marina Semchenko has won a prestigious grant from the European ...
Midwestern US has Lost 57.6 Trillion Metric Tons of Soil Due to Agricultural Practices, Study Finds
AMHERST, Mass. – A new study in the journal Earth’s Future led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that, ...
Cattle manure biochar offset earthworm greenhouse gas emissions in forest soil
As two important greenhouse gases, about 20% and 62% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions originate ...
Wax-coated sand keeps soil wet longer, improves crop yields in arid regions
Dry, hot regions are difficult places to grow plants because the soil dries out quickly. As a result, farmers in ...
Soil microbiota could be the key for restoring degraded lands
Soil microorganisms may be the key to restoring the critical ecosystem services lost in soils spoilt by human activities and ...
Organic fertilizers work better than chemical treatments to improve soil structure and water-holding capacity, even in terrain prone to droughts and monsoons
Organic fertilizers work better than chemical treatments to improve soil structure and water-holding capacity, even in terrain prone to droughts ...
Soil pH drives the distribution of soil bacterial communities along a short elevational gradient
Soil microbes are highly diverse and play a key role in the regulation of biogeochemical cycling processes and the maintenance ...
City trees and soil are sucking more carbon out of the atmosphere than previously thought
They may not have lungs like we do, but the soil and trees are breathing in and out all of ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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University of Kentucky receives renewed $11.4 million grant to further cancer research
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Congratulations to the 2022 American Ornithological Society (AOS) award winners
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot
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Community-led science uncovers high air pollution from fracking in Ohio county
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Killing cancers with Z-DNA: A new approach to treating therapy resistant tumors that targets a very-specific cell-death pathway