Globally, soils contain three times as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere and all plants, combined. Which means that ...

Soil microbes remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground, revealing an overlooked pathway for storage in ...

Global analysis shows regional soil microbial communities may be the strongest predictor of childhood allergy rates.

Soil contamination by cadmium is a growing global challenge that threatens food safety, agricultural productivity, and ...

EU-funded researchers are turning to nature’s very own clean-up crew to tackle toxic industrial soil pollution.By Ali JonesOutside the mountain town of Sabiñánigo in northern Spain, an abandoned ...

Soils do more than store carbon from plant residues. Beneath our feet, vast communities of microbes quietly pull carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into organic matter, helping regulate ...

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden world beneath our feet. Soil is where 59% of all life on Earth resides. A ...

Learn how to make lactic acid bacteria to add beneficial microbial life to your garden Marco Thomas from Marco’s Microbes demonstrates how to make lactic acid bacteria from simple kitchen ingredients.

We can’t see them, but there are more microbes — tiny fungi, bacteria, worms and other living things — in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on Earth. Hungry as you and me, those microbes gobble ...

A study led by researchers at the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has uncovered alarming ...

Research shows how microbes quickly colonize fresh lava, revealing how life rebuilds itself and offering clues for life on ...