When snow blankets the landscape, it may seem like life slows down. But beneath the surface, an entire world of activity is ...

The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles of ...

Tropical forests have long been treated as slow, patient allies in the fight against climate change, quietly locking away ...

A new study reveals that soil acidity plays a critical role in determining how wheat competes with soil microorganisms for nitrogen, a nutrient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Organic nitrogen is important for plant growth, but too much of it can cause a range of problems. Over-fertilization, improper ...

Nitrogen rich soils in China’s rice paddies could help farmers grow the same amount of rice with less fertilizer, if we can ...

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a result, the global soil carbon cycle—by which carbon enters, moves through, ...

Corn bred with genes from wild relatives can reshape soil microbial communities and reduce nitrogen loss — with no yield ...

A review into how cover crops affect nitrogen uptake in following potato crops has confirmed one thing – it is complicated. Despite these complexities, ...