A new global study shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil ...

A new study highlights a crucial biosphere feedback mechanism and its effects on releasing soil carbon into the atmosphere. A first-of-its-kind study led by researchers at the University of Oklahoma ...

Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils is a growing global concern, threatening food safety, crop productivity, and human health. New research shows that not all biochars work the same way and ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and ...

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...

Soil is a significant carbon reservoir, storing more carbon than all plants, animals and the atmosphere combined, making it crucial for addressing the climate crisis. Microbes, such as bacteria and ...

Salt, microplastics, and rising temperatures are silently degrading urban soil health, and weakening the resilience of cities ...

A discovery nearly 15 years in the making could have far-reaching consequences for global food security in our warming world. A multinational team of researchers published their findings in October ...

“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...

Oil palm growers in Indonesia can boost soil health and reduce their fertilizer use by adding waste biomass back to the soil, a new study says. Biomass such as pruned palm fronds and empty fruit ...