Healthy soil is a dynamic living ecosystem: a complex combination of minerals and organic matter containing air, water, and life. Worms are not alone in the ground, just a gram of dirt can contain ...

The soil pH can also influence plant growth by its effect on activity of beneficial microorganisms Bacteria that decompose soil organic matter are hindered in strong acid soils. This prevents organic ...

Aa Aa Aa Organic matter is a key component of soil that affects its physical, chemical, and biological properties, contributing greatly to its proper functioning on which human societies depend.

"These advancements enhance the model's ability to evaluate the sustainability ... which is crucial for modeling measurable soil organic matter pools." The other significant change the team ...

Since physical and chemical erosion yield comparable carbon fluxes, studying both together is essential to avoid biases in erosion-driven carbon flux estimates.

The best way to improve all types of soil is to add organic matter. Why does organic matter improve soil more than sand, topsoil or any other amendment? If you have a heavy soil which is hard to ...

Soil fertility can be further improved by incorporating cover crops that add organic matter to the soil, which leads to improved soil structure and promotes a healthy, fertile soil; by using green ...

Soil organic matter contains more carbon than plants and ... global data and Earth system models can be used to inform future model improvements." More information: Katerina Georgiou et al ...

According to the project summary, the SOCA was created to help model changes to soil organic carbon stocks across the country. Soil organic carbon is the component of soil composed of organic carbon ...

Night soil may soon see the light of day as a natural chemical-free fertilizer in India by converting human waste treated as ...

It was my new way to improve soil–except the technique is at least 3,000 years old. What’s biochar? Basically, it’s organic matter that is burned slowly, with a restricted flow of oxygen ...