Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent and intense drought, which in turn causes soil to crack, releasing more carbon dioxide and further warming the planet.
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Does Soil Sound Different After It’s Burned?
Yes, but not quite the way researchers expected it to.
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How Are Deep Soils Responding to Warming?
Scientists aim to integrate observations from deep-soil-warming experiments worldwide to better understand how ecosystems vital to food security and environmental health will react to climate change.
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When It Rains, It Pours!
Water that falls on a forest canopy during rainfall events reaches the ground at focused locations called “pour points”. This insight has a major impact on how we view hydrologic processes on the ground.
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Salty Soil May Release Methane on Mars
Through roving and drilling, Mars Curiosity Rover may be breaking up the ground’s salty, hardened soils that seal methane, possibly causing a temporal, local methane spike.
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التربة المكهربة تزيد نمو النباتات
خمسة أيام من الكهرباء المنخفضة الجهد الموجهة إلى جذور النباتات الناشئة عززت نموها بأكثر من 50 بالمئة.
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Coming to a Consensus on Carbon
A new study describes inconsistencies in how different Earth system models predict soil carbon levels in a warming climate.
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Our Breathing Earth: A Review of Soil Respiration Science
A new synopsis details how the past 20 years have changed our understanding of soil respiration and revealed its critical effects on the climate system.
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Pre-Season Wet Soil Produces Fire-Prone Conditions
The SMAP satellite shows that wetter-than-normal soil five months prior to wildfires in the western United States increases fuel availability and fire activity when desiccation occurs.
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Electrified Soil Powers Plant Growth
Five days of low-power electricity directed to the roots of young plants boosted their growth by more than 50%.