Soil and water ecosystems are undergoing unprecedented transformation driven by accelerating geoenvironmental change. Rapid urbanization, industrialization, ...

The ground beneath our feet is exhaling. Steadily and without pause, through a process called soil respiration, plant roots and microbes release carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the atmosphere. In one cited ...

Vanadium is a transition metal of growing interest in environmental science due to its dualistic role as both a micronutrient and a potential toxin. Occurring in soils primarily through weathering of ...

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.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Youth who have just completed grades 3-12 are invited to attend a free crop and soil science workshop, titled “Experience 4-H: Crop and Soil Science,” on June 11 at Purdue ...

Soil contamination by heavy metals poses a persistent threat to ecosystems, human health and agricultural productivity. Bioremediation in soil systems harnesses the metabolic and physicochemical ...