Ch. 1. Pedospheric Processes and the Carbon Cycle / R. Lal, J. Kimble and R. Follett -- Ch. 2. Stocks and Dynamics of Soil Carbon Following Deforestation for Pasture in Rondonia / Christopher Neill, ...

Livestock farming causes a significant share of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. According to a new study, the carbon ...

Milk’s true carbon footprint may be underestimated, with new research showing soil emissions play a major hidden role.

Vegetation restoration is a primary strategy for combating desertification and increasing carbon storage in soils. While the focus has largely been on biological decomposition, a new study from ...

Plant and Soil Sciences Ph.D. alumna Elizabeth Smith uses machine learning to investigate soil respiration and the carbon cycle One of the world’s most critical processes is soil respiration. That’s ...

Analysis reveals that soil organic carbon plays a major role in milk production emissions. Accounting for soil raised ...

PFOA and PFOS contaminants initially accelerate carbon release from soil by rapidly consuming key nutrients, but this leads to a long-term deficit that stalls essential microbial activity The ...

Meanwhile, soil faces more threats than ever. Ezetu points to rising temperatures as an initial one. Humans are directly ...

Viruses that infect other microbes may influence the movement of more than a billion tonnes of carbon in soil, according to the first attempt at quantifying their role in one of the planet’s main ...