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.