Producers spot healthy soil through diverse ground cover, beneficial insects, earthworms and lab tests measuring microbial ...

Leipzig. When the soil warms up, it releases more carbon dioxide (CO2) - an effect that further fuels climate change. Until now, it had been assumed that the reason for this was mainly due to the ...

A research team led by the University of Göttingen has shed new light on the importance of plant roots for belowground life, particularly in the tropics. Millions of small creatures toiling in a ...

The biomass of small animals that decompose plants in the soil and thus maintain its fertility is declining both as a result of climate change and over-intensive cultivation. To their surprise, ...

The assortment of species of tiny soil animals – small enough to stand on the head of a pin – differ from one urban park to another, unlike plants and larger animals where a few species are often ...

Most animals move through their habitats focused on survival rather than construction. They eat, dig, travel, and reproduce ...

Did you know that your soil can impact local water sources? Waterways play a vital role in every habitat, including yours. Crops, wildlife and the surrounding land depend on healthy streams. One of ...

Individual pastures on livestock farms yield surprisingly dissimilar benefits to a farm's overall agricultural income, and those differences are most likely attributable to the varying levels of 'soil ...

We often treat soil like dirt! Sorry for the pun, but it’s true. We rarely think of all the benefits soils nearby and far away provide. From the most obvious – a place for our food to grow, building ...