A new study has shed light on how soil microorganisms, which are crucial to the carbon cycle, adapt to different levels of temperature and organic matter availability. In this study, researchers ...

as organic carbon, which is either stored as plant biomass or in soil, or is decomposed back to CO2 through plant and soil respiration. This CO2 can return to the atmosphere or enter rivers ...

In soil science and biogeochemistry mineralization ... Terrestrial sedimentation and the carbon cycle: Coupling weathering and erosion to carbon burial. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 12, 231 ...

In an article featured in Science China Earth Sciences, researchers from Tianjin University elucidate the coupling relationship between soil fungi and reactive minerals in ecosystems by utilizing ...

Particulate soil carbon may be more vulnerable to microbial ... consists of partially decomposed plant fragments that often cycle on annual to decadal timescales. By analyzing global data on ...

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery ...

Carbon farming has emerged as a crucial strategy in the European Union's efforts to combat climate change and achieve climate ...

A new study published in Ecological Processes by researchers at the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of ...

Scientists find a 'measure and remeasure' approach is a feasible method of verifying soil carbon storage in croplands for climate mitigation. Directly measuring soil carbon rather than relying on ...

A new company has been reaching out to farmers with a soil amendment and an offer that sounds too good to be true, so ...

soil and sediment, as part of what is called ‘the global carbon cycle.’ A change in any of these fluxes could have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems and our climate. The IAEA Environment Laboratories ...