Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

What's the trick to ditching synthetic chemicals and fertilizers? Use the power of nature to boost your organic garden's ...

The spatial patterns of soil total nitrogen and organic matter was investigated for the Shangsha shoal of Jiuduansha shoals in Yangtze Estuary. Soils had a distinctive seasonal variation in the ...

In soil remediation processes, the mediating role of microorganisms in soil nutrient cycling is critical. The decline in ...

Should you remove mushrooms in your yard or leave them be? Why do they grow there in the first place? Your questions, ...

Simpson et al. (1) ably demonstrate the similarity between the NMR spectra of microbial material and of soil organic matter (SOM) and, in doing so, conclude that a considerable fraction of SOM is of ...

Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes (SR-AOPs) are considered as viable technologies to degrade a variety of recalcitrant organic pollutants. This study demonstrates that o-phthalic acid ...

This paper presents a numerical simulation for the performance of solar thermal power plant consists of 190 m 2 of concentrated parabolic trough collector (PTC) with a storage tank and an Organic ...