Imagine if we could find a way to capture the greenhouse gases that are warming our planet. One way to do this is carbon ...

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 ...

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released by microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon on a global scale is ...

In an article featured in Science China Earth Sciences, researchers from Tianjin University elucidate the coupling relationship between soil fungi and reactive minerals in ecosystems by utilizing ...

Soil incubation experiments revealed a comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying-rewetting cycles (DWCs) among Japanese forests and pastureland soils, suggesting a significant contribution of ...

Both the clay and organic matter particles have a net negative charge. Thus, these negatively-charged soil particles will attract and hold positively-charged particles, much like the opposite poles of ...

These tiny soldiers can eat four times their own weight in organic waste – and turn it into sustainable fertiliser.

A study of 82 sites in 21 counties by Iowa State University showed that in the 50 years from 1959, soil structure and levels of organic matter had degraded while acidity had increased.