soil

How the pungent odor that occurs after a light rain became a well-studied phenomenon

Brood X’s emergence tunnels—numbering in the hundreds per square meter of soil—give researchers a special opportunity to study how such extreme soil aeration affects the ecosystem.

Researchers uncover the “body-snatching” tactics of fungi that flourish immediately after wildfires.

Recent work in humans and mice highlights how exposure to environmental microbes helps protect against allergies and other inflammatory diseases.

As the afternoon breezes blow harder in the Atacama Desert—a place so desolate it’s used as a model of Mars—more microbes move into its driest regions.

Insects in the soil are difficult to monitor, but listening in on the noises they make could help farmers detect pest infestations and improve estimates of biodiversity.

The chemical process may make the metal more soluble and move it closer to the Earth’s surface.

The nephew of Lily Pereg, a microbial ecologist at the University of New England in Australia, has been arrested on homicide charges.

Ancient bones from Ireland reveal that farming has changed nitrogen composition in land for the last 3,000 years.

Soil scientists use a gas-producing reporter system to assess gene activity in bacteria.

The agency denies instructing staff to avoid particular terms.

A single raindrop falling on dry soil can spray a mist carrying thousands of microbes into the atmosphere. 

Researchers examine how underground microbes and nutrients affect plant populations.

Excavating existing topsoil and adding donor soil, researchers revitalized degraded farmland in the span of six years.

Researchers studying the use of bacteria and plants to remove toxins from the soil must better communicate their results if they want their techniques to be used by practitioners in the field.

The earthiness of Merlot may have to do with grapevine-dwelling microbiota.

Long-term exposure to antibiotics from agricultural run off may encourage the evolution of soil bacteria that break down and consume the antibacterial agents.

Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO₂ following the first rain after a dry summer.