The USDA is rolling back a 2001 rule that protected state land in the Cherokee National Forest in East Tennessee and the Land ...

New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon ...

Moderate and high soil burn severity can alter or damage physical, chemical, and biological soil properties resulting in increased runoff, erosion, and negative effects to soil productivity. These ...

The U.S. Senate’s parliamentarian has ruled the measure to sell national forest lands must be struck from the budget reconciliation bill, but the originator of that measure has promised a revision. An ...

Researchers spent years quietly studying a stone carved with 255 runes and the image of a boat found in Ontario. Now, ...

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

In a remarkable advancement for soil science, researchers from Japan have developed a novel method for estimating microbial ...

Addressing the challenges of climate change often centers on shifting to renewable energy sources and reducing carbon pollution—two essential actions to maintain a livable planet. Emissions from ...

The prevalent soils in the municipality are classified as Entisols by Soil Taxonomy (Soil Survey Staff 2022), usually associated with gently undulating terrain (Streck et al. 2018). Figure 1 Location ...

Satellite-based retrieval of forest soil moisture (SM) and vegetation optical depth (VOD) are two long-standing unresolved issues hindering advances in hydrology, ecology, and Earth system science. A ...

Every summer since 2023, NIBIO's field workers have been recording carbon stock in forest and grassland soils across Norway. Large amounts of carbon are stored in the roots, trunks, and branches of ...