WASHINGTON -- The dirt on the ground is making climate change worse, a new study finds. Plants capture massive amounts of carbon, pumping it into the soil, where usually it stays for hundreds or ...

If you fired up the rototiller this spring, you may have just dealt your garden a serious blow. For generations, turning the ...

Soil erosion is widely known for degrading land and reducing agricultural productivity. But new research shows it may also play a far more complex and important role in regulating the global nitrogen ...

But different microbes have distinct roles to play, and environmental factors influence activity. Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different ...

Carbon emissions from cars and factories often are blamed for creating the climate crisis, yet food waste contributes the most greenhouse gases in the world. “Methane gas is a greenhouse gas,” said ...

Madeleine Stone receives funding from The National Science Foundation. It’s no exaggeration to say the tropics drive our planet’s carbon cycle – the constant transfer of carbon back and forth, on a ...

Leaves often droop even when the soil feels damp, and that confusion sends many gardeners into a watering spiral. Plants rely ...