CORVALLIS – Adding organic matter is the best way to improve nearly all kinds of soils. If you’re unsure if your soil needs amendments, take note if it dries and cracks in summer, drains ...

Gisele S. de Brito, Susana Bautista, Rosário López-Poma, Vânia R. Pivello, Labile soil organic carbon loss in response to land conversion in the Brazilian woodland savanna (cerradão), Biogeochemistry, ...

AMES, Iowa – When it comes to keeping organic matter contained in wet soils, timing is everything. At least, that’s what a new study led by an Iowa State University ecologist suggests. The findings, ...

Composting is the controlled decomposition of organic materials into a valuable soil-like substance called compost. Using compost as a soil amendment will add a small amount of nutrients to the ...

Sand topdressing, the application of a thin sand layer over turf, has been a cornerstone in turfgrass management for over a century, originating at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. This ...

Jing Wei, Wulf Amelung, Eva Lehndorff, Michael Schloter, Harry Vereecken, Nicolas Brüggemann, N₂O and NOₓ emissions by reactions of nitrite with soil organic matter of a Norway spruce forest, ...

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42291-6 Farmers add calcium to their soil for many reasons related to increasing crop yields—including regulating pH and improving soil structure.

Image of soil with a close-up of a bacterium and the cellular pathways involved in carbon dioxide productions. Available substrates from soil organic matter are processed through ...

More information: Ying Wang et al, Carbon pathways in soil: unraveled by 13 C natural abundance, Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109872 ...

Although soil erosion is a natural process and it occurs on all continents, human activities have greatly accelerated it. In general, soil erosion is more common on steep, sloping land. It is often ...