In a race against time, scientists are exploring new ways to restore natural systems. Alongside traditional methods such as ...

Adding biochar to farmland soils is widely promoted as a climate-friendly practice, but its impact on greenhouse gas ...

Researchers have recently proven that common soil bacteria can use light captured earlier in the day to power chemical work ...

Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

Learn how to make lactic acid bacteria to add beneficial microbial life to your garden Marco Thomas from Marco’s Microbes demonstrates how to make lactic acid bacteria from simple kitchen ingredients.

This illustration shows how elevation and nutrient variations along Shergyla Mountain influence soil microbial communities. While habitat generalists exhibit broad niche adaptation and are shaped by ...

When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally ...

Image of soil with a close-up of a bacterium and the cellular pathways involved in carbon dioxide productions. Available substrates from soil organic matter are processed through specific pathways ...

The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential ...

Jake M Robinson is affiliated with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change think tank Resilience Frontiers. He receives funding from the National Environmental Science Program for ...

Researchers tracked how plant matter moves through bacteria's metabolism. Microbes respire three times as much carbon dioxide (CO2) from non-sugar carbons from lignin compared to sugar from cellulose.