Knowing exactly how such carbon becomes locked away in rock and sediments could help explain why the mixture of gases in the atmosphere has remained stable for so long

These symbioses could help scientists understand how ecosystems may shift as climate change alters the interplay between plants, microbes, and soil

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Some soil bacteria are primed ready to consume the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide when they experience life without oxygen in the environment