In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition—but that the need to address toxicity ...

Its invasion may also be contributing greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by altering soil composition. Soil holds a phenomenal amount of carbon. In fact, there is more carbon stored in soil than ...

Wildfires may be releasing more planet-warming carbon dioxide and toxic chemicals than previously anticipated — by changing the composition of the soil systems that they burn, a new study has found.

Science correspondent Miles O’Brien explores how soil composition and the sleep schedules of squirrels might offer data on the ways warmer temperatures are affecting ecosystems. Now the second ...

Many in the food industry insist that soil composition is the key that makes foods taste a particular way. The term "terroir" is often used by chefs, TV shows and cookbook authors to describe how ...

Now, one instrument aboard the Chandrayaan-3 mission's moon rover Pragyan has found surprising traces of sulfur within the lunar south pole's soil ... complete chemical composition of the lunar ...