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.

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage.

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 ...

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 ...