Soil tainted by air pollution expels carbon
New UC Riverside research suggests nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon and release ...
Tag: soil
Artificial intelligence for soil health
Soils are under pressure from current farming practices, and the challenges are only increasing with the growing demand for food ...
Microbes could be used by farmers as natural fertilizer for poor soil
A study supported by FAPESP and reported in an article published in ISME Journal identified 522 genomes of archaea and bacteria associated with the ...
Soil organisms are essential for the maintenance of city parks and gardens
First global study deciphering the importance of soil biodiversity for the maintenance of city parks and gardens Credit: Melissa S. ...
Our future climate depends partly on soil microbes—but how are they affected by climate change?
AMHERST, Mass. – The largest terrestrial carbon sink on Earth is the planet’s soil. One of the big fears is ...
Research could simplify process for calculating soil carbon credits
A study led by researchers at the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides new insights ...
Dr. Kyung Yeol Ma honored with S-Oil Outstanding Dissertation Award!
UNIST Department of Chemistry announced that its alumni member has recently been honored with the 2022 S-Oil Outstanding Dissertation Award, granted by ...
Soil in midwestern US is eroding 10 to 1,000 times faster than it forms, study finds
AMHERST, Mass. – In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and ...
WVU researchers counting on cow cooperation for improvements in soil health and carbon sequestration
West Virginia University researchers are working to improve soil health and increase economic gains for Appalachian cattle farmers by bringing nutrients, ...
Researchers discover root exudates have surprising and counterintuitive impact on soil carbon storage
Ecosystem ecology studies often focus on what’s happening to plants above ground, for instance exploring photosynthesis or water loss in ...
Less intensively managed grasslands have higher plant diversity and better soil health, research shows for first time
Embargoed until: 05:01am GMT, Friday 25 November, 2022 Credit: Markus Wagner Embargoed until: 05:01am GMT, Friday 25 November, 2022 Researchers ...
UMD researcher shows how a common fungus eliminates toxic mercury from soil and water
A University of Maryland researcher and colleagues found that the fungus Metarhizium robertsii removes mercury from the soil around plant ...
Lung infections caused by soil fungi are a problem nationwide
Fungi in the soil cause a significant number of serious lung infections in 48 out of 50 states and the ...
Planting and management of improved grass in tropical savannas can increase soil carbon by 15 percent, new paper finds
An improved variety of grass combined with a rotational grazing system can boost levels of soil carbon on tropical savannas ...
60% of home ‘compostable’ plastic doesn’t fully break down, ending up in our soil
In a UK-wide study, researchers found that 60% of home-compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate in home compost bins, and ...
Grazing animals key to long-term soil carbon stability, study finds
Large mammalian herbivores like the yak and ibex play a crucial role in stabilising the pool of soil carbon in ...
The death and life of soil
AMHERST, Mass. – Thanks to a $2,358,722 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE), Kristen DeAngelis, professor of ...
Global hotspots for soil nature conservation are poorly protected
Current protected areas only poorly cover the places most relevant for conserving soil ecological values. This is the conclusion of ...
High-schoolers join scholars to lift the lid on Hong Kong’s soil biodiversity
Soil and its macrofauna are an integral part of many ecosystems, playing an important role in decomposition and nutrient recycling. ...
Soil along streams is a bigger source of stream nitrate than rainwater
Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan have reported that nitrate accumulated in soil bordering streams plays an important role in ...