How did we get to a place where we think of soil as dirt? Soils are buzzing with life, criss-crossed with a hard-to-fathom ...

In just one teaspoon of soil, there can be more microbes than there are people on the planet. That’s before you even count the miles of fungal hyphae also living there. The microbes, fungi and ...

Some soil organisms are carnivores, which eat other living organisms. Some are herbivores, which eat live plants. (Most of the herbivores, such as rootworms, are pests.) Fortunately, more than 80% ...

Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.” This traditional HaMotzi blessing recited in the breaking and eating of bread is one of the most ...

Healthy soil is a dynamic living ecosystem: a complex combination of minerals and organic matter containing air, water, and life. Worms are not alone in the ground, just a gram of dirt can contain ...

Often overlooked, soil is one of our planet's largest living ecosystems and the foundation of our lives. It provides 95% of our food, supports global biodiversity and helps balance the climate by ...

Soil is the special link between plants and humans. It feeds us, captures carbon and provides a home for billions of living creatures. Some you can see and some that are so small you need a ...

soil organic matter: The organic components of soil which are comprised of living microbial biomass, fresh and partially decomposed biomass (plant and animal), and the well decomposed and stable ...

Soils provide a wide range of important ecosystem services — such as a living filter for water, a sink for carbon, a regulator of atmospheric gasses, and a medium for plant growth — which ...