By Devin Kelly, For The Mountain Times Nestled within the heart of Sandy is a quiet garden space blooming with fresh energy ...

Microbes—from deep in the ocean to the slime inside your AC—might play a key role in our fight against climate change.

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden world beneath our feet. Soil is where 59% of all life on Earth resides.

A group of Tasmanian dairy farmers is hopeful tiny organisms in the soil could soon offer a cheaper, climate-friendly alternative to synthetic fertiliser. They've made more than 500 hectares ...

Tilling churns up the top several inches of soil, which displaces soil organisms and breaks up soil aggregates. By contrast, the no-till method minimizes the disruption of the soil.

A hidden landmark from 1977, Marva Nabili’s first feature, “ The Sealed Soil,” was made in secret in Iran under the Shah. It has never been shown there and although its qualities were ...

Together with many other soil organisms, soil nematodes are crucial parts of the soil ecosystem,” the researchers share. “Nematodes, including the notorious plant-parasitic nematodes, are able to ...

However, once the concentrations of conventional PET glitter in the soil reached 1000 mg glitter/kg of soil, the reproduction of the springtails was reduced by 61 per cent. In comparison, there were ...

University of Melbourne Associate Professor Suzie Reichman, who led the research, said: “We found that neither glitter impacted springtail survival or size. However, once the concentrations of ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere. Each year, over 368 million metric tons of plastics are produced with over 13 million metric tons of it ending up in the soil where it can be toxic to wildlife.

That’s because these soil organisms are themselves key to preserving soil health, so their presence is not only an indicator of soil viability, but also helps create that viability.

Diverse organisms such as bacteria, nematodes, arthropods, and fungi exist in soil and form a soil ecosystem, but their actual compositions and dynamics are unclear.