Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden ...

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Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...

New research shows how changing rainfall speeds up soil carbon loss and how biochar helps soil cope with stress.

Tiny soil animals survive harsh desert conditions, revealing hidden life and climate driven survival strategies underground.

Johns Hopkins University geneticists and a small army of researchers across the country, including students, are working to catalog the vast and largely unknown soil microbiome of the United States.

(Beyond Pesticides, December 16, 2025) Through a literature review and data analysis of almost 2,000 soil samples, the authors of a recent study find negative effects on the presence of ...

Soils do more than store carbon from plant residues. Beneath our feet, vast communities of microbes quietly pull carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into organic matter, helping regulate ...

LAWRENCE — A new study appearing in Nature Microbiology analyzes soils sampled across the state of Kansas to determine the importance of “legacy effects” — or how soils from a specific location are ...