Mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) contains a substantial portion of soil nitrogen (N). MAOM-N could serve as an important N source for crops, b…

Managing soils to increase organic carbon presents a potential opportunity to mitigate and adapt to global change challenges. However, soils differ widely in their biophysical limits for carbon accum...

Soil science's identity emerges from studying Earth's complex living and nonliving systems across scales. Defining soil science requires balancing practical impacts with fundamental scientific explo...

Sustainable production of sufficient and healthy food requires efficient use of agricultural inputs. In many regions of the world with intensive agric…

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Microorganisms constitute the largest biomass on Earth after plants, and earthworms are one of the main components of animal biomass. Both are critical drivers

Determinants of farmer well-being can be derived from objective and subjective measures of social components, environmental sustainability indicators, and quality of life indices, as well as the multi...

Brian S. Steidinger This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Mycorrhizal strains can both compete and collaborate to benefit plant hosts. T…

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...

Soil microbes contribute to soil organic matter. Here, the authors explore how microbial traits contribute to organic matter accumulation, finding that synergies among fungal traits promote soil organ...

The findings of this study underpin the vital effect of microbial necromass in soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation from the rhizosphere perspective and offer valuable insights into mechanisms unde...

Carbon markets are key in climate strategies, but only 16% of carbon credits represent real emission reductions, based on a study of 2,346 projects. Reforms are needed to improve the effectiveness of ...

Machine learning (ML) applications in soil science have significantly increased over the past two decades, reflecting a growing trend towards data-dri…

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