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A new study shows that simply changing how trees are arranged can boost forest growth, improve soil health, and lock away more carbon.
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Potentially indicating the location of Noah's Ark, researchers at Turkey's Durupinar site have uncovered promising evidence of a man-made structure within a boat-shaped formation.
How sensitively does organic carbon stored in soils react to changes in temperature and humidity? This question is central to a new study now published in Nature Communications.
This means that the post-glacial warming drastically accelerated the decomposition of organic matter by microorganisms in soils and caused a much stronger outgassing of CO 2 from (sub-)tropical ...
So far, the team has collected soil samples from 22 different locations. William Crabtree, a soil scientist involved in the project, said the samples from within the formation showed higher levels of ...
Firmicute s contribute to the decomposition of organic matter and nutrient cycling, as well as promote plant growth and suppress diseases. They are also active in chitin degradation and can provide ...
It’s possible to smell when the wetland ecosystem is out of kilter: The decomposition of organic matter there can generate unpleasant odors when these systems are under stress or out of balance ...
CONCLUSION The current estimate of potential acidity (H+Al) by CQFS-RS/SC (2016) underestimates lime corrective rates for soils with high organic matter contents in the Serra Gaúcha region (RS), ...
Abstract: Aim This study aimed to analyze the influence of small cities on the diversity of the zooplankton community along the Almada River, Bahia. Methods The samples were collected at points ...
It is well known that microplastics are collecting in the world's oceans at an alarming rate, but research on the cancer-linked pollutant in rivers remains limited.