As ice melts, dormant fungi, bacteria, and viruses have the potential to reactivate.  This poses a major public health ...

Expanding efforts to measure, monitor and protect soil biodiversity around the world will intensify further with the ...

Scientists conducted the first-ever study of an island’s soil microbiome—on Crete—all in one day—a major challenge since the Greek island is about 160-miles long and rises more than 8,000 feet above ...

FAO has launched the Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory (GLOSOB) to enhance global monitoring and protection of underground ecosystems vital for agriculture and biodiversity. The initiative will ...

Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils.

The effects of microplastics on pea growth and soil health are examined, revealing implications for agriculture and the ...

Several studies indicate a significant rise in rainfall in west-central India, whereas the east has experienced a decline.

New research shows turning forests and grasslands into cropland drastically cuts soil carbon storage. This converts ...

There has been a lot of talk lately about microbes and the way that contact with soil revitalizes our own microbiome, ...

Dryland agroecosystems, which cover approximately 40% of the world’s terrestrial regions and support over two billion people, ...

A study conducted by Martin SAMPHIRE and colleagues at Bangor University in the UK addresses this question through a ...