Throughout human history, our relationship with the soil has affected our ability to cultivate crops and influenced the success of civilizations. This relationship between humans, the earth, and ...

The first strategy proposes to price nature, often described in terms of “natural capital” or “ecosystem services,” intended ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage. Aa Aa ...

It makes soil the most nature-rich, biodiverse habitat on our planet. Scoop up a single teaspoon of healthy soil and you might find more than a billion bacteria cells and 10,000 fungi living ...

Scientists have discovered, for the first time, how root cells respond to their complex soil environment, revealing that ...

This publication deals with the scope and nature of soil compaction and its remedies. Discussed are what compaction is and what it does, why it's becoming more prevalent, how to identify it and what ...

An ancient legend could provide a new weapon in the fight against deadly bacteria Franz Lidz; Photographs by Jason Pietra and Simon Watson Strains of Streptomyces bacteria, found in soil ...