A teeming ecosystem of microorganisms below ground transfers carbon from plant roots and ... adopting ecological farming methods that help biodiversity flourish in the soil and above ground. The ...

Here we give a brief introduction to the importance of ecosystem services provided by soils to the well being of humans, and then show how soil biota contribute to the provision of ecosystem services.

The reason that hardly anyone knows them is that they live below the ground, staying invisible for most of us. Quietly and unnoticed, they perform vital services for the world above them ... the ...

A new study reveals the positive impact of intercropping leguminous plants like soybean and Chinese milkvetch with tea crops.

WASHINGTON— A new study published today by the academic journal Frontiers in Environmental ... to soil health by using a species that spends its entire life aboveground — the European honeybee — to ...

In the pedosphere, the physical and chemical properties of water regulate the flow of energy and solutes, making soil water a crucial component of terrestrial ecosystems. Many of the familiar ...

A fragile ecosystem in the Andean volcanic belt Pichu Pichu is located in the central volcanic zone of the Andes. UMH researchers collected soil samples at approximately 3,700 meters above sea ...