Since they are so non-selective, they can kill or control beneficial microbes as well as both targeted and non-targeted ...

The team collected soil from Svalbard, an archipelago between Norway and the North Pole.

A study led by researchers at the University of Liège reveals the mechanism by which surfactin, a molecule produced by ...

Prolonged droughts followed by sudden bursts of rainfall -- how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive such harsh conditions? This long-debated question has now been answered by microbiologists.

As the Arctic warms at an unprecedented rate, frozen soils that have remained locked in ice for most of the year are now ...

As the planet has warmed, scientists have long been concerned about the potential for harmful greenhouse gasses to seep out of thawing Arctic permafrost. Recent estimates suggest that by 2100 the ...

Petrichor, the earthy aroma after rainfall, is a sensory bridge between the microscopic world of soil microbes and the human experience of memory and emotion. Rooted in the chemistry of geosmin, plant ...

That’s where soil health comes in. Soil is not just “dirt.” It’s a living ecosystem teeming with nutrients, organic matter ...

Researchers discovered that microbes respire three times as much CO2 from lignin carbons compared to cellulose carbons. When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two ...