The threat to insects and soil-life from rainforest clearance is recognized. What has not been studied is whether oil palm plantations are able to sustain the populations of tiny below-ground animals ...

Not to be underestimated, soils are fundamental to all life on Earth. (Gregory Urquiaga, UC Davis) Soils are fundamental to all life on Earth and are the foundation of nearly every ecosystem on the ...

Whether you’re standing in a forest, on a field of grass, or even on that square of soil that surrounds a tree planted along a city sidewalk, under your feet is vast network of fungal filaments. Finer ...

A delicate balance is needed to keep soil functioning and viable, said Willie Pretorius, soil health consultant for Ward Laboratories, Kearney, Nebraska. Willie Pretorius, soil health consultant at ...

Globally, soils contain three times as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere and all plants, combined. Which means that ...

Soils around the world are polluted, worn out, over-fertilised and exhausted. How did we get to a place where we think of soil as dirt? Soils are buzzing with life, criss-crossed with a hard-to-fathom ...

New findings share how prescribed fire and no-till management impact soil microbes. In some ways, farming is like cooking. Cooking would be much easier if we could leave the kitchen after eating and ...

I often mention my veg patch’s clay soil in this column, and that’s because soil type affects what we grow and how. Getting to know your soil is an essential part of becoming a great grower of edible ...

For home gardeners, soil testing is valuable to establish a base line on soil limitations related to pH, salt levels and the need for phosphate and potash fertilizers. In some gardening situations, ...

Adam Frew receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Christina Birnbaum has received funding from Parks Victoria. She is a lead-convenor of the Ecological Society of Australia Plant-Soil ...

It’s not a bad idea to be conservative. Whether we are talking about environmental conservation or being fiscally conservative, as gardeners, there are decisions we can make to conserve money and ...

The threat to insects and other small creatures from rainforest clearance and the consequences for the environment in tropical regions are recognised. What has not been studied so far is whether, and ...