What’s your gardening style? The way we garden can determine whether we are increasing or decreasing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Carbon has been on my mind lately following the release of ...

A single teaspoon (1 gram) of rich garden soil can hold up to one billion bacteria, several yards of fungal filaments, several thousand protozoa, and scores of nematodes The less we disturb soil ...

With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increasing in recent decades, there is a growing urgency to find strategies for capturing and holding carbon. Researchers from Kansas State University ...

Ambridge-based PittMoss makes peat-free soil by using recycled paper and cardboard. Despite its connection to the outdoors, gardening contributes significantly to climate change because most ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage. Aa Aa Aa ...

A key climate solution lies under our feet—in soils. Soils naturally remove carbon dioxide from the air and store that carbon underground. By keeping carbon out of the atmosphere, soils play a major ...

Outwardly, gardens look like sustainable spaces that help absorb excess carbon from the atmosphere. While this might be true, not all gardens help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. Some gardens ...

Soil organic carbon is a large component of the global carbon cycle. This collection of research articles and opinion pieces in Nature Geoscience highlights how disturbances across a range of ...

If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what's local, organic and in-season. It doesn't get more local, organic and ...

When it comes to storing carbon in the ground, fungi may be key. Soils are a massive reservoir of carbon, holding about three times as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. The secret behind this carbon ...

"Everything grew amazingly well!" Expert shares simple method to save money on expensive gardening soil: 'Each bed gets better every year' first appeared on The Cool Down.