Organic carbon decomposition in soil varies significantly and in regional patterns, driven in part by factors such as soil minerals and microbial properties that have been underrepresented in carbon ...

Globally, soils contain three times as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere and all plants, combined. Which means that understanding how soil microbes recycle organic materials—sometimes sending CO ...

Madhur Atreya working in the lab. New research from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering into biodegradable sensors may change the way farmers track, measure, and respond in real time ...

Are your raised garden beds looking a little lackluster or growing slowly? Before you completely replace the soil in them, ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --If Earth's climate warms 2 degrees Celsius, new research predicts 230 billion tons of carbon will be released from the planet's soil. According to the study, published Monday in the ...

Fresh, crumbly soil that smells like a forest floor does not require a trip to the garden center or a pricey delivery fee.

As the Arctic warms at an unprecedented rate, frozen soils that have remained locked in ice for most of the year are now ...