Methanotrophic Bacteria Methanotrophs might be small, but they pack a powerful punch when it comes to turning methane, a ...

Turfgrass—including sports fields, roadside ditches and residential lawns—makes up 40 million acres of the United States' ...

A Chinese-foreign research team has discovered that soil invertebrates — such as termites, ants, and earthworms — play a ...

This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists and colleagues discuss phenomics, exposomics, and the factors that influence DNA ...

Organisms such as insects live in and out of fields all year round, as eggs in the soil, as larvae or caterpillars in the vegetation and as adult insects in both habitats. "It is therefore ...

We found that biochar binds DDT efficiently, so that it is not taken up by soil organisms," says Paul Drenning, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Soil contains mineral particles, air, water, living organisms and decaying organic matter. The mineral portion of the soil contains tiny ...