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Scientists Successfully Inoculate, Grow Crops in Salt-Damaged Soil

August 23, 2019

High-salinity land now unable to sustain plant life could once again be used

Study Identifies Way to Enhance the Sustainability of Manufactured Soils

August 5, 2019

Soil degradation is posing a huge threat to global food security and every year, around 12 million hectares of cropland are l...

Drop of Ancient Seawater Rewrites Earth's History

August 5, 2019

Research reveals that plate tectonics started on Earth 600 million years before what was believed

Overturning the Truth on Conservation Tillage

August 1, 2019

Scientists are making it easier for farmers in the Midwest to make the right tillage decisions when considering modern conser...

Methane Vanishing on Mars: Danish Researchers Propose New Mechanism as an Explanation

July 3, 2019

An interdisciplinary research group from Aarhus University has proposed a previously overlooked physical-chemical process tha...

Organic Carbon Hides in Sediments, Keeping Oxygen in Atmosphere

June 13, 2019

Knowing exactly how such carbon becomes locked away in rock and sediments could help explain why the mixture of gases in the ...

Plants, Microbes Shape Global Biomes through Local Underground Alliances

April 18, 2019

These symbioses could help scientists understand how ecosystems may shift as climate change alters the interplay between plan...

Advances in Field Instrumentation for Environmental Testing

March 1, 2019

Advances in field instrumentation have enabled extensive analysis outside the traditional laboratory ...

'Superbug Gene' Found in One of the Most Remote Places on Earth

January 28, 2019

Antibiotic Resistant Genes (ARGs) were likely spread in the fecal matter of birds, other wildlife, and human visitors to...

Bacteria Found in Ancient Irish Soil Halts Growth of Superbugs

December 28, 2018

Antibiotic resistant superbugs could kill up to 1.3 million people in Europe by 2050

The Long Dry: Why the World's Water Supply Is Shrinking

December 13, 2018

Global water supplies are shrinking, even as rainfall is rising. The culprit? The drying of soils due to climate change...

Wildfire Ash Could Trap Mercury

December 5, 2018

Burned material in forests might help sequester mercury that otherwise would be released into the environment

Rare and Diverse Giant Viruses Unexpectedly Found in a Forest Soil Ecosystem

November 19, 2018

UMass Amherst and DOE Joint Genome Institute describe 16 new large-DNA virus species

Organisms with Small Genomes, Cells Found Thriving in Hot Soils

November 6, 2018

As our planet warms, what life will survive and thrive?

Study Reveals How Soil Bacteria Are Primed to Consume Greenhouse Gas

October 30, 2018

Some soil bacteria are primed ready to consume the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide when they experience life without oxyg...

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