Agroforestry could take this further, growing a variety of plants together in ways that their biological systems support each other and help soil to flourish. Similarly, promoting soil fungi helps ...

If scaled across sub-Saharan Africa's vast rangelands—which cover 65 percent of the continent—the soil carbon capture method could eventually ... paying people to support their culture.

Digitized soil sensors implanted in fields where crops are grown could help farmers make timely decisions about where and when to add fertilizer and pesticides, maximizing yields as global demand ...

But Takeyama and her team think either boosting beneficial natural microorganisms or using soil microbes to help create more sustainable fertilizers, could be the secret to maintaining nutrient ...

See, microbes on our planet have helped make it more habitable over the years, and adding those microbes to the soil on the Moon could help us unlock those vital nutrients that we’ve discovered ...

Using soil microbes’ DNA, researchers modeled microbe function and carbon use, providing information that can help create more accurate climate models. Soil microbes are an important part of the ...