The iron and aluminium oxides collect in the 'B' horizon where the iron oxides can accumulate to form a thin layer of hardpan, which impedes drainage through the soil. Illuviation is the process ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

Net soil formation estimated using literature values ... chemical weathering: Process by which rocks, soil, and minerals are dissolved or broken down via a range of chemical processes including ...

Scientists just discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth’s Critical Zone. The Critical Zone—also known as the planet’s ...

Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss ... of the original carbon is retained in the soil through the formation of humus, a product that often gives carbon-rich soils ...

Scientists at Michigan State University have discovered a new group of microbes living deep underground that help purify ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Gley soils represent the most extensive soil cover in Scotland. These soils are found on gentler slopes or in areas of high rainfall where the water does not drain away readily. All the glacial ...