Climate change heats not only the air and the ocean but also the soil, where key processes that determine fertility and carbon sequestration operate in a fine-tuned balance.
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Why Crop Yield Decreases at High Temperatures
Scientists find that water stress drives the connection between surface temperature and crop yield loss, providing information to help improve predictions of agricultural productivity under climate change.
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Cassius Spears Jr.: Conserving the Living Soil
This soil scientist braids the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of his ancestors with modern soil conservation practices to help Rhode Island’s farmers and land stewards.
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Machine Learning Model Flags Early, Invisible Signs of Marsh Decline
Decreases in underground plant biomass could signal future marsh loss and prompt conservation measures.
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Deep Root Respiration Helps Break Down Rocks
The carbon dioxide that results from respiration in and around deep roots is an essential component in the chemical weathering of sandstone rock soils.
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Surface Conditions Affect How Mosses Take to Former Well Pads in Canada’s Boreal Fens
With the help of key moss species, a new approach aims to restore the fens of the Western Boreal Plain.
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Fallowed Fields Are Fueling California’s Dust Problem
New research shows that unplanted agricultural lands are behind most of the state’s anthropogenic dust events.
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Two Neutron-Monitoring Networks Are Better Than One
Hydrologists, atmospheric scientists, and space scientists are teaming up to keep a closer eye on soil moisture, hazardous space weather, and more.
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Keeping Soil Healthy: Why It Matters and How Science Can Help
Healthy soil is the foundation of our food, clean water, and a stable climate, and cutting-edge science helps us to protect it.