From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi
Most of Australia’s plants rely on a hidden underground network of fungi for water and minerals. They could be in trouble – ...
The Advocate2h
Devil's Swamp Lake, a Louisiana Superfund site, nearing restoration decades after contamination
The site is a legacy of an earlier era of lax environmental regulations and when the majority Black area also had little ...
Can we stop plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies?
Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...
Frontiers4h
Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Soils and Groundwater: Environmental Effects and Remediation
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of anthropogenic compounds that have attracted attention worldwide as contaminants of high concern.
WJBC5h
Illinois governor moves to slash cover crop funds despite rising demand
When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn't commonly taught or ...
Scientists Reveal “A Fundamental Process in Nature” – The Environmental Rules That Plants Cannot Break
Global research team explores how environmental factors and dispersal barriers influence biodiversity. Why do certain plants ...
Iowa Farm Bureau5h
Bumpy field ride sparks shift to conservation
As JD Hollingsworth re­calls, the turning point came one evening in 2012 while riding in the combine with his father, ...
Chromatography Online6h
Detecting PFAS Contamination in Agricultural Soils: Non-targeted Identification of Precursors, Fluorine Mass Balance, and Microcosm Studies
Palau, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tübingen (Germany) discusses his latest research investigating per- and ...
What’s the nature-gut microbiome connection? The secret’s in the soil
Registered dietitian nutritionist Carrie Dennett shares how being in green spaces can contribute to a robust gut microbiome.
Earth’s soil is drying up. It could be irreversible.
The amount of water stored on lands across Earth’s continents has declined at such staggering levels that changes are likely irreversible while humans are alive, a study published Thursday found.
NBC Los Angeles3d
Soil in the sky: The Wildlife Crossing will receive its first earthy layers
There was the idea that first simmered in the minds and hearts of nature champions around Southern California and beyond ...
Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming
Researchers say it’s particularly worrisome for agriculture, and hope their work will strengthen efforts to reduce water ...