Soil plays a much bigger role in the spread of antibiotic resistance than one might imagine. Surprisingly, the ground beneath us is packed with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) - tiny codes that ...

Since they are so non-selective, they can kill or control beneficial microbes as well as both targeted and non-targeted ...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems, playing a vital role in climate regulation and ecosystem sustainability. SOC accumulation involves two fundamental ...

Green roofs have become increasingly popular thanks to their benefits related to climate adaptation, mitigation, and urban biodiversity management. But, in the U.S., green roofs are typically planted ...

Millet has been an important crop in East Asia for much of the Holocene, a period beginning about 11,700 years ago. To better understand how environmental conditions may have shaped the development of ...

Suggested Citation: "3 The Importance of Soil Health to Nature's Contributions to People." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and ...

A team of researchers in Indonesia has conducted a comprehensive review of how agrivoltaic systems affect soil properties, finding that these installations influence not only crops and microclimates ...

Soils come in many different colors, described by hue, value, and chroma (Munsell color system). Using the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) online Web Soil Survey (WSS) to discover the ...

We know that soil feeds plants, but do we know how it got there in the first place? Soil forms via the interaction of five factors: parent material, climate, living beings, a land’s topography, and a ...

The Federal Government, in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Gates Foundation, has launched a $2.2 million soil health project in ...