In Kenya, an experiment aims to turn sand into fertile soil

On a remote Kenyan island where the ground is sandy and freshwater is scarce, an innovative experiment is reshaping how food ...
Nature

Global long-term agricultural experiments reveal consequences of mineral fertilization for soil microbiomes

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Science Daily

Soil warming experiments challenge assumptions about climate change

Heating alone won’t drive soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide — they need added carbon and nutrients to thrive. This finding challenges assumptions about how climate warming influences soil ...

Wheat root compounds suppress soil microbes, helping retain nitrogen and cut emissions

On a quiet weekend morning in a greenhouse in Aarhus University Flakkebjerg, rows of wheat plants stand with their roots submerged in clear water. There is no soil, no buffer, no automation to take ...
Phys.org

Short-term plant-soil feedback experiments fall short in predicting competition outcome of long-term field experiment

The cause-effect sequence or "feedback" between plants and their soil microbial communities plays an important role in structuring plant communities. To predict this synergistic coexistence, ...
Nature

Dynamic soil columns simulate Arctic redox biogeochemistry and carbon release during changes in water saturation

Thawing Arctic permafrost can induce hydrologic change and alter redox conditions, shifting the balance of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition. There remains uncertainty about how soil saturation ...

Some Home Gardeners Are Skipping Store-Bought Soil Entirely and Building Their Own Mix From Scratch, And the Results Are Surprising Longtime Growers

A small group of home gardeners in a North Carolina suburban neighborhood started experimenting with something novel: they ...
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Warming triggers unprecedented carbon loss from tropical soils, study finds

Pushing soil ecosystems to their limits “This is one of the first warming experiments to push an ecosystem into a novel temperature regime outside of its normal range,” notes Caitlin Hicks Pries, a ...
Labroots

In a Blow to Enzyme Latch Theory, Soil Microbes Break Down Polyphenols

Microbes have many connections to humans. Gut microbes have a major influence on our health. For example, when we eat fruits, vegetables, chocolate, or red wine, gut microbes break down larger ...
Mongabay

Warming triggers unprecedented carbon loss from tropical soils, study finds

Tropical forests exchange more CO2 with the atmosphere than any other terrestrial biome, meaning that even a relatively small shift in the balance of carbon uptake and release there could have a big ...
Science Daily

Out of the loop: Ecologists report short-term plant-soil feedback experiments fall short in predicting competition outcome of long-term field experiment

Ecologists have measured plant-soil feedbacks for six perennial prairie grass species in a short-term greenhouse study, and say their findings do not match outcomes observed in long-term experiment ...