Ch. 1. Pedospheric Processes and the Carbon Cycle / R. Lal, J. Kimble and R. Follett -- Ch. 2. Stocks and Dynamics of Soil Carbon Following Deforestation for Pasture in Rondonia / Christopher Neill, ...

The terrestrial environment, a vast and complex reservoir, is experiencing an alarming influx of microplastic pollution, accumulating at rates significantly exceeding marine environments. New research ...

Plant and Soil Sciences Ph.D. alumna Elizabeth Smith uses machine learning to investigate soil respiration and the carbon cycle One of the world’s most critical processes is soil respiration. That’s ...

Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human activities are the largest contributor to global warming. According to the ...

Vegetation restoration is a primary strategy for combating desertification and increasing carbon storage in soils. While the ...

Scientists know iron oxide minerals store large amounts of carbon in soils, but lack a detailed, quantitative understanding of the specific chemical mechanisms that allow them to bind such a wide ...

Viruses that infect other microbes may influence the movement of more than a billion tonnes of carbon in soil, according to the first attempt at quantifying their role in one of the planet’s main ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

A profound shift in botanical research reveals that the massive physical structures of our forests are not ‘built’ from the ...