Plants and trees extend their roots into the earth in order to draw nutrients and water from the soil—however, these roots ...

Our understanding of plant and tree roots may have been somewhat shallow. New research reveals many plants have a hidden ...

Microbes, such as bacteria and fungi, are the primary drivers of carbon storage in soil, surpassing other soil processes by a factor of four, according to a new study in Nature. The efficiency of ...

Plants grow deep, hidden root systems that may store more carbon than previously thought - offering a new tool to fight ...

Plants and trees extend their roots into the earth in order to draw nutrients and water from the soil -- however, these roots are thought to decline ...

Researchers examined root exudates and their impact on soil carbon storage revealing surprising and counterintuitive results. Ecosystem ecology studies often focus on what's happening to plants ...

We have divided our forest carbon stocks into three pools that allow us to track our carbon inventory and to follow and ...

Planting hedgerows increases soil carbon storage by almost half compared to nearby grassland – no matter where they are in the country – says new research. A team led by scientists from the University ...

Planting hedgerows increases soil carbon storage by almost half compared to nearby grassland—no matter where they are in the ...

Professor Xinzhang Song (Zhejiang A&F University) et al. conducted a study that revealed the response of soil CO2 emissions ...

Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic organisms colonise the newly exposed landscapes. Dr. James Bradley, Honorary Reader in Arctic Biogeochemistry in the School of ...