Excessive use of antibiotics in medicine, it seems, is not the only factor driving resistant bugs. The new research also ...

The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire ...

If you’ve ever seen a gardener tucking their soil under a blanket of mulch, straw, or compost, you might wonder—what’s with the dirt blanket? Turns out, it’s not just about keeping things tidy or weed ...

A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought conditions increase the abundance of ...

When we think of drought, we tend to think of consequences we can see—wildfires, hose bans, taps that run dry and crops that fail. Researchers discovered that drought conditions can boost both ...

Introducing forest soil on an entryway doormat shifted the indoor microbiome of Finnish homes closer to bacterial profiles ...

A five-year field study reveals that biochar can do far more than improve soil chemistry. It can reorganize entire soil ecosystems, creating lasting ...

Yuchen Geng and Arpita Bose consider the invisible foundation of life, explaining why microbes must be included in ...