Regular soil testing and pH management are essential components of modern, sustainable crop production. Understanding and ...

What happens as a raindrop impacts bare soil has been fairly well-studied, but what happens to raindrops afterward is poorly ...

Fungal denitrification play a key role in the regulation of nitrogen cycle. Knowledge of the fungal denitrification of soil microbes and the driving ...

Lynette Abbott examines how the rhizosphere, a narrow collar of soil clinging to plant roots, is emerging as a key player in ...

Microbial necromass plays a crucial role in soil organic carbon (SOC) formation, yet the underlying abiotic and biotic ...

You trust the road beneath your tires. But what if that trust is misplaced? Sinkholes are increasingly turning ordinary ...

Soil organic carbon plays an important role in maintaining ecosystem goods and services, biodiversity conservation, and ...

Understanding the influence of soil-forming factors and processes in ornithogenic soils is important to predict impacts of climate change on Antarctic ecosystems. Herein, we analyzed the ...

President Trump repeatedly said he didn’t know when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. By Jonathan Swan ...

This image shows the Earth’s Critical Zone, which extends from the tops of trees down through the soil to depths up to 700 feet and depicts the microbes which live throughout this zone. This zone ...

Northwestern University researchers are challenging the long-held belief that iron oxides simply trap phosphorus, revealing instead that they actively help convert it into a form plants can use.

Soils are the foundation of gardens and landscapes, featuring characteristics that vary among locations in Wisconsin. Success when growing plants is very closely related to soil conditions, which are ...