Climate change is intensifying environmental constraints on agriculture and global food security. Increasing temperature ...

More frequent freeze-thaw cycles in winter can increase biomass production according to the results of a recent study. Researchers installed underground heating on their plots, thereby enabling five ...

Wild hog rooting starts as feeding, then reshapes water, plants and costs, turning soil into a system under constant daily ...

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

Forest-to-agriculture conversion has been identified as a major threat to soil biodiversity and soil processes resilience, although the consequences of long-term land use change to microbial community ...

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 ...

But different microbes have distinct roles to play, and environmental factors influence activity. Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The main goal of the study was to determine the diversity of the potential nitrogen-fixing (PNF) bacteria inhabiting agricultural (A) soils ...

Growing up in Haiti, Northwestern Engineering’s Ludmilla Aristilde looked critically at the land and thought about how soil sustains plants. This came naturally; her father was both an educator and ...

"Proceedings of an International Workshop on Effects of Expected Climate Change on Soil Processes in the Tropics and Sub-tropics, 12-14 February 990, Nairobi." "Organized by United Nations Environment ...