Soil is a living ecosystem, bustling with an array of microorganisms that play critical roles in maintaining its health and productivity. These microbes thrive as long as they have access to a carbon ...

Like something straight out of a Disney movie, a new study reveals how gophers worked to save Mount St. Helens after the 1980 ...

Intensive agricultural practices coupled with climate change are seriously affecting soil health, causing the spread of herbicide-resistant and highly-competitive weeds, and the loss of soil ...

A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.

The Atacama Desert harbors unique desert life with diverse microbes.New techniques separate genetic material in low-biomass ...

Soil health is crucial for global food production in the context of an ever-growing global population. Microbiomes, a combination of microorganisms and their activities, play a pivotal role by ...

Mastering the art of watering is the most crucial part of caring for houseplants. Finding the right amount, the right timing ...

The innovation allows researchers to identify whether someone visited the beach, deboarded at a nearby train station or took ...

THE mechanisms by which soil micro-organisms dissolve insoluble mineral phosphates and make them available to plants is largely unknown, therefore research was undertaken to investigate these ...

We naturally pick up microorganisms as we move about the world. Now, researchers have developed an AI tool that accurately ...

Rubber planting brings huge economic benefits, but large-scale rubber plantations have a great impact on the ecological ...