It's soil that slips through your fingers—loose, dry and stubbornly unproductive. Stretching across large parts of South Australia and western Victoria, sandy soils have long resisted conventional ...

When plant and soil organic matter are partially burned during wildfires, pyrogenic organic matter—a stable form of carbon, sometimes known as black carbon or charcoal—is left behind. This marks the ...

Wildfires may disappear from the landscape within weeks, but their hidden effects on the soil can persist for decades. An international research team led by the University of Göttingen, together with ...