Researchers have discovered that beneficial soil bacteria give plants an unexpected survival advantage in salty soils. Instead of helping plants keep salt out, the microbes stimulate the production of ...

Beneath every garden bed, farm field, and forest floor, a single teaspoon of soil teems with billions of microorganisms, a population that dwarfs the roughly eight billion humans alive on the planet.

We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants, and it’s been said that we are all connected. In recent years, scientists have shown just how much of an impact microbes can have on ...

Urban parks are a vital component of urban ecosystems and provide distinctive habitats for soil microorganisms. Yet scientists have questioned whether—and how—the functional diversity and evolutionary ...

The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire atmosphere. That makes it a significant player in the future of our climate. If even ...

As global agriculture struggles to feed a growing population, soils are under increasing pressure. Heavy fertilizer use has degraded soil quality, disrupted microbial ecosystems, and increased ...

Every grower wants bigger buds. Healthy plants. The kind of trichomes that glisten, with terpene and cannabinoid content that deliver the perfect full-spectrum high. That’s the goal, whether your ...

Rows of gray plastic film stretch across a field of soil. Leafy green strawberry plants poke out of holes in the top of the film. Agricultural plastics, such as this mulch film covering strawberry ...

A new study reveals that soil acidity plays a critical role in determining how wheat competes with soil microorganisms for nitrogen, a nutrient essential for plant growth and global food production.

Nitrogen is essential for all living organisms, but in many ecosystems it is in short supply. Plants and soil microbes both ...

New research shows extreme drought weakened the Amazon's natural ability to remove isoprene from the air, creating a hidden ...