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Soil consists of a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gasses, liquids, and organisms that support the growth of plants. Soil research focuses on the natural resources in soil needed to support plant growth.
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SEP 21, 2025Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can desert soils continue to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Rep ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 12, 2025Earth & The Environment
What allows organic matter to retain water, enabling its life-giving properties? This is what a recent study published i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 09, 2025Plants & Animals
How do plants adapt to water stress as climate change continues to increase across the globe? This is what a recent stud ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 22, 2025Technology
What new methods can be employed to enable scientists to better understand gully erosion and how it impacts soil loss? T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 02, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have developed a method that uses robotics to track the connections between plants and the mycorrhizal fungi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2025Earth & The Environment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people every y ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2024Plants & Animals
What can tree wood density teach us about changes in the environment? This is what a recent study published in Advances ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
Rechargeable, reusable batteries are a crucial component of the transition to more efficient energy sources. But there a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2024Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
When a non-native organism enters a new habitat, that species is considered invasive, and it can wreak havoc on plants, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2024Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
Radon is a natural gas that is odorless, invisible, and radioactive. It's generated by the breakdown of metals like uran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can urban rooftops, also known as green roofs, be improved to better help the environment? This is what a recent stu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
As climate change continues to ravage the planet, coastal cities are at the highest risk due to coastal flooding attribu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and plastic production is a major contributor to climate change. Plastic is a tough ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2023Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria have a remarkable ability to adapt, and they grow easily in many environments, including ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2023Chemistry & Physics
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently awarded a $6.25 million research grant to a collaborative research team from Ar ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 07, 2023Earth & The Environment
Are humans disrupting the Earth’s salt cycle through deicing roads and other salt activities? This is what a recen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
How do forests cool themselves during the summer? This is what a recent study published in Agricultural and Forest Meteo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 05, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The electric eel is an amazing animal that can unleash up to 860 volts of electricity. Scientists have now found that th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2023Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2025
Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can desert soils continue to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Rep
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 12, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What allows organic matter to retain water, enabling its life-giving properties? This is what a recent study published i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 09, 2025
Plants & Animals
How do plants adapt to water stress as climate change continues to increase across the globe? This is what a recent stud
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 22, 2025
Technology
What new methods can be employed to enable scientists to better understand gully erosion and how it impacts soil loss? T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 02, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have developed a method that uses robotics to track the connections between plants and the mycorrhizal fungi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people every y
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2024
Plants & Animals
What can tree wood density teach us about changes in the environment? This is what a recent study published in Advances
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Rechargeable, reusable batteries are a crucial component of the transition to more efficient energy sources. But there a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2024
Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
When a non-native organism enters a new habitat, that species is considered invasive, and it can wreak havoc on plants,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2024
Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Radon is a natural gas that is odorless, invisible, and radioactive. It's generated by the breakdown of metals like uran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can urban rooftops, also known as green roofs, be improved to better help the environment? This is what a recent stu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
As climate change continues to ravage the planet, coastal cities are at the highest risk due to coastal flooding attribu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and plastic production is a major contributor to climate change. Plastic is a tough
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2023
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria have a remarkable ability to adapt, and they grow easily in many environments, including
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently awarded a $6.25 million research grant to a collaborative research team from Ar
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 07, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Are humans disrupting the Earth’s salt cycle through deicing roads and other salt activities? This is what a recen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
How do forests cool themselves during the summer? This is what a recent study published in Agricultural and Forest Meteo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 05, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The electric eel is an amazing animal that can unleash up to 860 volts of electricity. Scientists have now found that th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2023
Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch