The responsiveness of microbially-mediated processes such as methane oxidation to environmental change is likely to be dependent on the correct species or strains of methane oxidizers being present to exploit the new conditions. It is unclear whether the slow dispersal of microbes will limit the...

Continuous inputs of organic matter are vital for sustaining soil organic carbon (SOC) and productivity of soils in smallholder crop-livestock systems. However, the dynamics of the different inputs i.e. maize shoots, roots and manure used are poorly understood. Along with organic inputs, use of...

Preserving biopore geometry is an important first step in evaluating its effect on the movement of water, air, and chemical substances through the soil. This is usually accomplished by making and extracting a cast of the biopore. To prevent damage to or distortion of the cast, sufficiently...

Understanding rainfall-driven soil water dynamics (SWD) in soil profiles is crucial for improving hydrometeorological modeling. This study characterized the spatiotemporal patterns of rainfall-driven SWD in soil profiles and quantified the impacts of environmental factors using the random forest...

In the Brazilian Southwestern Amazon, food security agriculture predominates in smallholder farms where cassava cultivation is conducted under conventional tillage (CT). This study investigated the impact of conservation agriculture on soil C content and organic matter (SOM) composition in an...

The role of the increasing rodent population in grassland degradation on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) is the subject of continuing debate. Rodenticides are used to control the population, but this measure threatens ecosystem biodiversity. We conducted a five-year grazing experiment to...

Soil protection is key for human security and survival. Not only because it is the basis of our agricultural food system but also because it is the world’s second-largest carbon sink after the oceans. With the growing climate crisis, the significance of soil protection cannot be overvalued....

Archaeological soils (AS) are found in areas where humans have impacted soils both spatially and temporally through technical, domestic, agricultural, or burial activities. Accordingly, the capacity of soil to preserve cultural heritage was widely recognized as one of the main functions that...

In this study, we performed both laboratory and field studies to analyze the behavior of the pesticides chlorantraniliprole (CAP) and difenoconazole (DIF) by the presence of tank adjuvant in soil. In the laboratory, DIF exhibited a significantly higher Freundlich maximum adsorption capacity than...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous persistent organic pollutants in soil, which have carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic hazards. The effects of RL, nZVI and AQDS on the degradation of PAHs in soil were studied. It was found that the treatment of 5 mg · kg-1RL + 1% nZVI...