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Three field photographs showing different vegetation types.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

It’s Cool to be Short When You’re in the Arctic Permafrost

by Ankur R. Desai 15 July 202225 July 2022

Extensive ground temperature measurements complicate our understanding of how vegetation cover, snow duration, and microtopography influence the pace of permafrost thaw in a changing climate.

Palm swamp in Peru
Posted inNews

Peeking at Peatlands: Satellite Data Fuel New Findings

by Adityarup Chakravorty 15 June 202229 June 2022

Researchers are combining hard-to-get field measurements with satellite imagery to gain new insight into where peatlands are and how they work.

Planta Arabidopsis de dos semanas cultivada en un regolito lunar. La planta es pequeña y ella y el regolito se encuentran al centro de la imagen dentro de un recipiente de cristal transparente.
Posted inNews

El suelo lunar permite cultivar plantas

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 June 202216 June 2022

Plantas cultivadas en regolito lunar recolectado por las misiones Apollo crecieron con éxito desde la semilla hasta el retoño, brindando así información sobre las futuras perspectivas de la agricultura lunar.

Biocrusts abundant in lichens grow on the soil surface in the Colorado Plateau.
Posted inNews

Climate Change Leads to Decline in Lichen Biocrusts

by Derek Smith 26 May 202226 May 2022

As summer temperatures continue to rise, important biocrust-forming organisms in the American Southwest may be lost.

Árboles con hojas verdes y otoñales en el bosque de Odem. Debajo de los árboles hay pasto ver cubierto parcialmente por hojas caídas ocre.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mediciones pareadas de gases: ¿un nuevo trazador biogeoquímico?

by Terri Cook 18 May 202218 May 2022

Una técnica que mide la relación entre el dióxido de carbono producido y el oxígeno consumido podría mejorar las predicciones de la respuesta del suelo al cambio climático.

An Arabidopsis plant grown in lunar soil for about 2 weeks
Posted inNews

Lunar Soil Can Grow Plants

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 May 202216 June 2022

Plants grown in lunar regolith collected by Apollo missions successfully grew from seed to sprout, lending insight into future lunar agriculture prospects.

Deciduous trees in the Odem Forest
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Paired Gas Measurements: A New Biogeochemical Tracer?

by Terri Cook 21 April 202228 July 2022

A technique that measures the ratio of carbon dioxide produced to oxygen consumed could improve predictions of soil’s response to climate change.

A person holding soil lets it fall from one hand to the other with a blurred background.
Posted inNews

Traditional Fertilizers Beat Out Industrial Chemicals in Soil Health Test

by Andrew Chapman 29 March 202229 March 2022

New research in western India found that fertilizer based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge made soil more fertile in a head-to-head test with industrial fertilizers.

In the humid highlands of San Cristóbal Island, researchers take soil samples from a pit.
Posted inNews

The Galápagos Islands: The Ultimate Outdoor Soil Science Laboratory

by DJ McCauley 28 March 202228 March 2022

A new study has spurred further research into the impacts of soil formation on modern-day problems like heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils.

Close-up of a booted foot and the head of a hoe as dark soil is turned. Young corn plants are out of focus in the background.
Posted inFeatures

The Nutrient-Rich Legacy in the Amazon’s Dark Earths

by Kate Evans 23 March 202221 July 2022

Fertile terra preta soils were created through centuries of carefully managed land use. Scientists are taking cues from these soils to better sequester carbon and improve soil for agriculture.

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