New soil models may ease atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate change
To remove carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmosphere in an effort to slow climate change, scientists must get their hands dirty and peek underground.
To remove carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmosphere in an effort to slow climate change, scientists must get their hands dirty and peek underground.
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2020
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A West Virginia University researcher used science and data to solve the timeless argument of nature versus nurture—at least when it comes to microorganisms.
Ecology
Sep 11, 2019
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For soil microorganisms, how much of their life's work is driven by evolution (nature) versus their current environmental (nurture)?
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2019
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The world is drowning in a flood of plastic. Eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year. Agricultural soils are also threatened by plastic pollution. Farmers around the world apply enormous amounts of polyethylene ...
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Warmer temperatures due to climate change could cause soils to release additional carbon into the atmosphere, thereby enhancing climate change – but that effect diminishes over the long term, finds a new study in the journal ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- Soil is the most species-rich microbial ecosystem in the world. From this incredible diversity, plants specifically choose certain species, give them access to the root and so host a unique, carefully selected ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 3, 2012
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A biomechanical experiment conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has answered a long-standing theoretical question: Will microorganisms swim faster or slower in elastic fluids? ...
General Physics
May 18, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Those seeking to understand and predict climate change can now use an additional tool to calculate carbon dioxide exchanges on land, according to a scientific journal article co-authored by a University of ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2009
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How bacteria eat food, and what kinds of products they can make from that food, is dictated by the metabolic network of enzyme patterns encoded in their genomes. Using computational methods to learn these patterns across ...
Biotechnology
Aug 8, 2024
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Cornell researchers have tested an ecological tool in the fight to control weeds in silage soybean and corn fields: adding carbon to soil in the form of sawdust and rye hay.
Agriculture
Jul 3, 2024
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