Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, ...

A handful of soil contains about 10 to 100 million organisms. Soil invertebrates provide essential ecosystem benefits like cycling nutrients that plants need to grow, decomposing dead plants and ...

The scientists say that ecosystems can also be managed to increase the amount of carbon stored in their soils. Much of the carbon in grasslands is stored below-ground, in the roots of the plants.

Soil ecosystem more resilient when land managed sustainably . Universität Leipzig. Journal Global Change Biology DOI 10.1111/gcb.17554. Keywords / Life sciences /Life sciences/ Plant sciences; ...

Soil is more than just dirt. Soil is a vital ecosystem made up of living and non-living matter, including minerals, liquids, gases and microorganisms. Soil health, or soil quality, is a measure of ...

Healthy soil is teeming with life. An astonishing 59% of Earth's species live in soil. They play crucial roles in maintaining soil health and, by extension, the health of our planet.

Current protected areas only poorly cover the places most relevant for conserving soil ecological values. To assess global hotspots for preserving soil ecological values, an international team of ...

The researchers investigated how acoustic stimulation affected a soil-resident, plant-growth-promoting fungus and whether it’s possible to use sound to restore a damaged ecosystem.

Bacteria that feed on other bacteria are surprisingly common in soil ecosystems. By Ellie Shechet. Published Apr 30, 2021 2:00 PM EDT ...