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.

Land-based carbon sinks help slow global warming by absorbing excess heat-trapping CO2 emissions. Read more at ...

Store potting soil away from chemicals, fertilizers, or pesticides to prevent cross-contamination. 3. Keep the storage area clean and tidy to minimize the risk of soil contamination.

1999). Changes in soil moisture storage can be generalized with a mass balance equation (eq. 1) as a result of the difference between the amount of water added and that which is lost (Hillel 1982).

They found that mycorrhizal fungi—tiny helpers in the soil—play a big role in helping grasslands store more carbon, both near the surface and in deeper soil layers, by promoting plant ...

OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture—The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave a clean bill of health on Feb. 19 to an interim storage site here where soil contaminated from the ...

Soil and sediment lock away more CO2 than thought: study Soil, river sediment and dead vegetation lock away more planet-warming CO2 caused by humanity than trees, said a new study published Thursday, ...