When I was really young, I saw grass growing on the beach, and I thought ‘How is it possible that something can grow in the ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage.

Explore how University of Arizona researchers are transforming climate feedback understanding by integrating AI and soil ...

The mineralization of soil organic carbon (SOC) is a key component of the global carbon cycle, which regulates the balance between CO2 efflux and SOC sequestration. Patterns of SOC mineralization in ...

Billions of tonnes of topsoil are lost annually due to overgrazing, pollution, and deforestation, threatening global food ...

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 ...

Fires, intensified by climate change, release carbon trapped in soil and plants. More frequent infernos have now transformed ...

Researchers are using soil microbe DNA to model how they function and use carbon, helping to better predict and address climate change. A recent study led by a team at the Lawrence Berkeley National ...

Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove, probably for ...