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Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents

Kansas State University is moving sustainable and resilient agriculture forward by combining cutting-edge research with farmer-driven insights to connect soil health, water use, and disease control.

We need soil organic carbon (SOC) and the SOC fractions, the particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon (POC, MAOC), to understand SOC dynamics…

AMES, Iowa -- The Iowa Learning Farms (ILF) conservation webinar taking place Feb. 19 at noon CST will feature Christine Sprunger, associate professor of soil health, Michigan State University....

With this document, the main aim of the Mission Soil Board is to enhance understanding of the relevance of social sciences, humanities, and the arts (SSHA) in soil research. It seeks to review the int...

January 2025 introduced new cross compliance requirements focusing on peatlands and wetlands. So what do you need to know?

Our sister company, Soil Acoustics Ltd., has been granted a UK patent for its pioneering Soil Acoustic Meter (SAM).

In this podcast we discuss soil organic matter, from what it is, to the benefits that can be gained from improving the quantity in your soil.

Position Summary Questions regarding this position may be directed to the Search Committee Co-Chairs, Dr. Richard Kobe (kobe@msu.edu) and Dr. Andrea Case (caseand4@msu.edu). The position will remain o...

Besides their potential for carbon sequestration, compost and biochar application in agriculture may constitute an alternative to mineral fertilizers by improving soil fertility and productivity in c....

Standing in an open expanse of scrubby grass surrounded by patches of woodland on the outskirts of Derby city, and something feels slightly off. There is a grand, old looking building to one side, whilst the areas of the grass...

These small but meaningful changes can have a big impact when it comes to reducing your carbon footprint in 2025

A burgeoning billion-dollar industry woos farmers and gardeners with promises of achieving better, more environmentally friendly harvests through symbiotic fungi that bond with plant roots. These fungal bonds can help plants thrive and can lock carbon that came from the...

In this episode we chat to David Boldrin from JHI about how magic margins can be used to help reduce diffuse pollution on farm and help maintain soil on farm.

Community-based ecotourism (CBE) promotes conservation, sustainable tourism, community cohesion, and equitable benefit distribution. Our case study investigates the quality of community involvement...

Context Iron and aluminium oxides are important in phosphate sorption capacity of soils and preservation of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, there is a complex interplay between among Fe/Al oxides,...

Statistics on food security show growing and serious threat from climate change, over-reliance on imports and an increase in household food poverty.

Degraded land, in the future, could go from being a carbon sink to being a carbon emitter. AI and remote sensing technologies can be used to deepen our knowledge of soil degradation trends, and what m...

Healthy soils are essential for life - providing the foundation for 95% of the food we eat. They filter and store water, help plants grow, and are critical to the long-term resilience and stability of...

Nature Communications - How climate change will impact microbial community growth is unclear. Here, the authors use a field experiment with varying global change factors, finding fungal growth more...

Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

Planting trees in high-latitude regions can be counterproductive to climate change mitigation, according to a synthesis of the biophysical and ecological impacts of planting trees.