In a soil (perhaps) far, far away....

Depends on what you mean by ‘saturation’...

Rivers are key conduits in the global microplastic cycle, but how much they export to ` ocean and what controls this export remain unresolved. Here, we present a global daily dataset of riverine micro...

Synthetic fertilizer use has perturbed the global nitrogen cycle by increasing reactive nitrogen inputs to terrestrial systems. This Review synthesizes estimates of global nitrogen pools and fluxes si...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing One Health challenge, and as climate warming intensifies extreme events, it remains unclear how these d...

Linking the topics of AI agents and global change

Microplastics (MPs) and cadmium (Cd) are persistent contaminants in croplands, introduced through plastic residues, organic amendments, irrigation, fertilizer impurities, and atmospheric deposition...

Our journal club has a (relatively) new feature

Scientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing.

Antibiotic resistance and the microbiome are two of the most prominent and highly active research areas currently in microbiology. However, these studies are commonly siloed. Research into antibiotic ...

An important new dimension to soil health, and some questions

Four researchers born after 1997 describe how they stay motivated and cultivate resilience during difficult times.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) contribute to plant nutrient and water uptake via their extraradical hyphal networks. However, in situ methodologies to quantify architectural and morphological tr...

The generation of functional viral genomes has urgent biosafety and biosecurity implications

Japan and South Korea are challenging Western peers in a shifting research landscape.

Trade-offs between soil persistence and the provision of certain soil services and activity/functions.

In this Review, Zhu and colleagues overview the major types of soil pollution in the Anthropocene and their effects on soil microbiome composition, function and dynamics, while also exploring microbio...

Kind of contrary to many current trends?

Micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) can enter the human body through inhalation, ingestion, contact with consumer products, and iatrogenic routes. The clinical relevance of MNP exposure should be interpr...

Plant tropisms enable roots to navigate complex soils by responding to directional environmental cues. Biological decay, although central to nutrient cycling, also creates microbially active and poten...

Is there a trend towards exaggerated mechanistic resolution?

New predictions for how temporal stability and resilience depend on their resistance and recovery components are explored.

Maybe there aren't many other organism groups that are important for both?