#SOIL

Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

@bigearthdata.ai

9 hours ago

Scientists Uncover the Secret "Glue" That Helps Soil Hold Water Scientists have uncovered a hidden molecular process that helps soils retain water. From large-scale farmers to casual home gardeners, people have long observed that adding organic material to soil helps it hold more water. Now, scientists at Northwestern University have identified the underlying molecular process that explains why this happens, showing how organic matter improves water retention even under extremely dry, desert-like conditions. The researchers found that carbohydrates, which are common in plants and microbes, act like a kind of molecular adhesive. They use water to form connections between organic materials and soil minerals. These microscopic links help trap moisture that would otherwise evaporate. The findings offer new insight into how soils stay hydrated during drought and may even help explain how water has remained locked inside rocks for billions of years, including on Mars and in meteorites. The study was published in the journal PNAS Nexus. “The right amount of minerals and organic matter in soils leads to healthy soils with good moisture,” said Northwestern’s Ludmilla Aristilde, who led the study. “It’s something everyone has experienced, but we haven’t fully understood the physics and chemistry of how that works. By figuring this out, we could potentially engineer soil to...

Scientists Uncover the Secret "Glue" That Helps Soil Hold Water
->SciTechDaily | More on "Soil water retention organic matter" at BigEarthData.ai | #Soil #Water #Science

GLOBAL Visibility aéPiot - by aePiot.ro

@globalvisibility.bsky.social

12 hours ago

JOSÉ #RAMÓN #HERRERO #MEREDIZ
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#KLAPMEIER #BROTHERS
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#SOIL #MOISTURE #AND #OCEAN #SALINITY
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2WA...

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Foodlog.nl

@foodlog.bsky.social

15 hours ago

Sustaining the Soil: The Foundation of Food Security for Smallholder… Soil fertility is the biological engine of agricultural productivity, acting as the primary reservoir for water and essential nutrients such as nitrogen,…

Sustaining the Soil: The Foundation of Food Security for Smallholder Farmers
www.foodlog.nl/artikel/sust...
#soil fertility #zerohunger #sustainable #subsaharanafrica

William George Paul

@willipaul.bsky.social

17 hours ago

haiku #214

Silent craters dream
Sunlight soils our faces
Shadows steal the stars.

#craters #dream #sunlight #soil
#faces #shadows #stars #haiku

Lindo Lab

@lindolab.bsky.social

18 hours ago

Informal pub night at #GSB2026. Please join us at the Sticky Wicket (strathconahotel.com/sticky-wicket) around 8pm onwards. Whether for dinner, a drink, or just to continue the conversation, we look forward to seeing you! @gsb2026.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social #soil #biodiversity

William George Paul

@willipaul.bsky.social

19 hours ago

haiku #213

Soil breathes where hands remember
roots and rivers learning again
the language of enough.

agroecology

#soil #hands #roots #rivers #enough

Wiley Ecology, Environment and Sustainability​​

@wileyecology.bsky.social

19 hours ago

European Journal of Soil Science Call for Papers Special Issue: Conservation and Restoration of Black Soils in Agro-ecosystem SUBMIT NOW >

From wind & water erosion to severe gully formation, #blacksoils face unprecedented degradation. We welcome studies on effective soil–water conservation and landscape restoration.

➡️ Find out more: https://ow.ly/o3nK50YCnov

European Journal of Soil Science #Soil #SoilScience

Sustainable Soils Alliance

@sustainablesoils.bsky.social

19 hours ago

Soil is in focus with a great exhibition at the @nationaltrust.org.uk Sizergh in the Lake District, featuring works by Mariana Heilmann, Wim van Egmond, Ben Lerwill, Joanne Coates, Elizabeth Clough and Steve Satterthwaite.

The exhibition runs til Nov 1st.

📸 Mariana Heilmann

#Soil #Art #SoilLife

The Soil & Landscape Science Lab

@slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social

21 hours ago

Decoding bacterial and fungal richness with autoencoders yields a unified ratio indicating soil health and ecological susceptibility - Communications Earth & Environment The bacterial-to-fungal richness ratio serves as a unified, scalable indicator of microbial balance, soil health and ecological susceptibility, derived from spatial analysis, deep autoencoders, and st...

📣 What lives in your soil tells you how healthy your ecosystem is. Our new paper proposes a bacterial-to-fungal richness ratio as a scalable soil health indicator—we explain ~60% of microbial diversity variance across Australia
🌏🌱🌐🧪🔬 #soil #science #Microbiome
nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03398-y

ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success

@coeplantsuccess.bsky.social

1 day ago

📢 New publication ' #Root system growth and function respond to #soil temperature in #maize (Zea mays L.)' by Randy Clark, Dan Chamberlain, Christine Diepenbrock, Leandro Perugini, Ignacio Hisse, Mark Cooper and Charlie Messina in Plant Physiology 🧪🌽

doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

@bigearthdata.ai

1 day ago

Biochar Spurs Soil Recovery, Reshapes Microbes: Study
->Mirage News | More on "Biochar soil microbiome long-term" at BigEarthData.ai | #Soil

Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

@bigearthdata.ai

1 day ago

Ditch the Pots, Use Soil Blocks! What’s a cheaper, easier, and surprisingly more efficient way to start your seedlings? Soil blocks! If you’ve never used them before, read on to find out how soil blocks work, how you make them, and what advantages they offer over traditional pots and trays. The following is an excerpt from The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman. It has been adapted for the web. How Soil Blocks Work A soil block is pretty much what the name implies—a block made out of lightly compressed potting soil. It serves as both the container and the growing medium for a transplant seedling. The blocks are composed entirely of potting soil and have no walls as such. Because they are pressed out by a form rather than filled into a form, air spaces provide the walls. Instead of the roots circling as they do upon reaching the wall of a container, they fill the block to the edges and wait. The air spaces between the blocks and the slight wall glazing caused by the block form keep the roots from growing from one block to another. The edge roots remain poised for rapid outward growth. When transplanted to the field, the seedling quickly...

Ditch the Pots, Use Soil Blocks!
->Chelsea Green Publishing | More on "Soil blocks seedling growing methods" at BigEarthData.ai | #Soil

Jeff's Naked Life & Naturist Art

@jeffsnaturistart.bsky.social

1 day ago

A quick #photo taken while refreshing the #soil in our stone #garden #trough before replanting it again & sowing some #seeds.

#bodypositive #gay #gaynaturist #livenaked #lovinglife #naked #nakedisnatural #nakedisnormal #nakedlife #naturism #naturist #nude #nudeisnatural #nudism #nudist #wellbeing

Serious Autistic💞🌎🌌🌈🇮🇷🇺🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸🇨🇺🧬🕊️

@harrypothead.bsky.social

1 day ago

#Collapse #Aware #Autistic #IdiotSavant #Polymath #Naturalist #Master #Southwest #HighDesert 🏜️ #Gardener #Green #Wizard 🪄 #Outdoor #Organic #Cannabis #Living #Soil turn's me on #Love #Terpenes n' #Flowers of all kinds. #Forest's to #Fungi and everything in between, #Love it ALL People not so much😎🧬

Phytomaven

@tmigratorius.bsky.social

1 day ago

Hmm.
#prion #wildlife #plants #soil

Abiotic Stress in Plants

@abioticstress.bsky.social

1 day ago

Navigating Climate Change: Exploring the Dynamics Between Plant–Soil Microbiomes and Their Impact on Plant Growth and Productivity This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of climate change on the interactions between plant and soil microbiomes, highlighting their essential role in agricultural productivity. ...

Navigating #Climate Change: Exploring the Dynamics Between Plant– #Soil #Microbiomes and Their Impact on Plant #Growth and #Productivity

doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

#PlantScience #SciComm @globalchangebio.bsky.social @soilmicrobio.bsky.social @soilmicroecol.bsky.social @soilmicrocanada.bsky.social

Daryl

@darylspiano.bsky.social

2 days ago

Happy Sunday #Stunday &
Happy #Easter
🌲🌳🌴🌲🌳🌴
Wonderful #Trees
#Forests
#ForestRestoration
#Nature #soil
#Birds #Bees #Butterflies #Pollinators #topsoil
#SundayYellow
#Treehugger
#BlueSkyArtShow
🌳🌲🌳😋👍😋

Hugo

@nonviolence.bsky.social

2 days ago

"A new study finds old-growth forests in Sweden store far more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference."

#Soil = #Microbiome

"Biologists are warning of microbial extinction"
www.newscientist.com/article/mg25...

Kenneth Dumack

@dumack.bsky.social

2 days ago

Our takeaway: if we want to understand forest soils, we need to look beyond fungi. Metatranscriptomics reveal important players that PCR-based approaches miss.

Really happy to share our new article: Protistan Predators Outshine Fungi in Forest Soil Activity. #ProtistsOnSky #MicrobialEcology #Soil

Tony R. Walker

@tonyrwalker1.bsky.social

2 days ago

Quantification of microplastics in soil and sediments using dry ice assisted fractionation with an Agilent 8700 laser direct infrared chemical imaging system This study reports a novel protocol for the extraction and quantification of 14 different polymers in soil and sediments. The method used in this work follows the conventional drying, density separati...

Quantification of #microplastics in #soil and #sediments using dry ice assisted fractionation with an Agilent 8700 laser direct infrared chemical imaging system

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Chairman of the ESC Task Force Environment and Cardiologist

@tmuenzel28.bsky.social

2 days ago

Soil and water pollution and cardiovascular disease - Nature Reviews Cardiology In this Review, Münzel and colleagues describe the adverse effects of soil and water pollution, including heavy metal, pesticide, and microplastic and nanoplastic pollution, on cardiovascular health a...

What has #soil and #water #pollution to do with #cardiology?
read it and download it !
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

William George Paul

@willipaul.bsky.social

3 days ago

haiku #206

sparrows kiss the dawn
blossoms sip thru promise
hands plant hope in soil.

#soil #birds #blossoms #gears
#promise #hands #hope #soil

Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

@bigearthdata.ai

3 days ago

Edible Landscapes helps Minnesotans grow food while helping pollinators, soil, and local ecosystems WOODBURY, Minn. — What if your front yard could feed your family, support local wildlife and eliminate the need for fertilizers and pesticides, all at the same time? That's the promise behind a growing landscaping movement called "foodscaping," and a Twin Cities company is making it accessible to Minnesota homeowners. Edible Landscapes MN, based in Woodbury, designs, installs and maintains what the company calls "Edible Eden landscapes": yards and gardens engineered to produce food while remaining visually beautiful. The approach blends traditional landscaping principles with up to seven distinct layers of perennial edible plants, including fruit trees, nut trees, vines, berries, herbs, perennial vegetables and annual vegetables. The company emphasizes what it calls the Minnesota angle, with more than 150 perennial edible plants that can thrive in the state's climate. That list includes surprising entries such as peaches, hardy kiwi, groundnuts and a wide variety of unusual berry varieties. Central to the foodscaping philosophy is a technique known as a "fruit tree guild." Rather than planting a fruit tree in isolation, gardeners surround the tree with companion plants selected to build soil, fix nitrogen, attract beneficial insects, repel unwanted pests and suppress weeds. Edible Landscapes MN offers free 30-minute online...

Edible Landscapes helps Minnesotans grow food while helping pollinators, soil, and local ecosystems
->KARE11 | More on "Edible landscaping supports Minnesota ecosystems" at BigEarthData.ai | #Food #Soil #Ecosystem #Pollinator #Landscape

Áine ☽𖤐☾

@whoa-magic.lol

3 days ago

Biochar significantly reshapes the social lives of ants, which further improves soil ecosystems Biochar may improve soil, but too much can harm ants, disrupting their behavior, teamwork, and the health of the ecosystem.

#Biochar significantly reshapes the social lives of #ants, which further improves #soil #ecosystems

www.earth.com/news/biochar...

#Farming #Gardening #microbes

Áine ☽𖤐☾

@whoa-magic.lol

3 days ago

Bokashi, an Asian-origin fertilizer, is formed through the fermentation of husks, organic matter, and microorganisms, gaining traction in agriculture for strengthening beds and accelerating soil life. Bokashi, an Asian-origin fertilizer made through fermentation, strengthens the soil, accelerates biological activity, and is gaining traction in agriculture as a natural alternative. In 2020, technica...

" #Bokashi, an Asian-origin #fertilizer made through #fermentation, strengthens the #soil, accelerates biological activity, and gains ground in #agriculture as a natural alternative."

en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/bokashi-an-a...

#Farming #Gardening

💬 Put the weeds in 5 gallons of rainwater. Free.

Belovelea

@belovelea.bsky.social

3 days ago

Trump PANICS as HELL RAINS DOWN in WAR!!! YouTube video by MeidasTouch

Question? #Trump is #BFF with #Putin #Russia who is #inbed with #Iran #War #weapons #Oil #Cuba #Isreal #USMilitary #Troops #OnTheGround #Brings #ICE #DHS #Trumps #PersonalMilitary & #Bombings into #US #Soil #Land #America #Country #Impeach #Criminal #DEFY #IlligalOrders #MilitaryTok #JointChiefs

@kiracook.bsky.social

3 days ago

Biochar and microbes team up to clean polluted soils and water, new review finds As global pollution intensifies, scientists are searching for cleaner and more sustainable ways to restore contaminated soil and water. A new review highlights how an unexpected partnership between bi...

Researchers at Shenyang Agricultural University show biochar & microbe systems can work together to remove pollutants and restore ecosystems, pointing to nature based solutions for cleaner soil, water, and sustainable environmental management. #Science #Soil

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Yakov Kuzyakov

@ykuzyakov.bsky.social

3 days ago

Global patterns and drivers of soil microbial nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency - Nature Communications Soil microbes recycle nutrients, but their global nutrient use efficiency is poorly understood. This study finds microbial nitrogen-use efficiency is nearly twice phosphorus-use efficiency, driven by ...

NEW in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Global patterns and drivers of #soil microbial #nitrogen and #phosphorus use Efficiency
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Microbial NUE = 0.6, PUE = 0.35

#SoilOrganicMatter #microbialbiomass #enzymes #global #landuse #forest

Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

@bigearthdata.ai

4 days ago

Biochar significantly reshapes the social lives of ants, which further improves soil ecosystems At first glance, biochar seems like an easy win. Turn plant waste into charcoal, mix it into soil, and you get healthier ground that holds more water and supports better plant growth. But soil isn’t just dirt – it’s a living system. A new study from Shenyang Agricultural University found that adding biochar can ripple through that system in unexpected ways, even changing how ants live, work, and interact with each other. The results reveal a much more complicated picture of what happens when we try to “improve” nature. Soil is full of life Soil may look empty, but it is full of life. Tiny creatures and microbes are always at work, even if we cannot see them. They help keep the soil healthy. Once this balance breaks, problems appear quickly. Plants stop growing well. Food becomes harder to produce. Even the climate can feel the impact. People use biochar to fix damaged soil. It helps the ground hold water and improves its quality. At first, it seems like an easy solution. But soil is not just chemicals mixed together – it is a living environment. This study reveals something unexpected. Even small changes in soil can alter how animals...

Biochar significantly reshapes the social lives of ants, which further improves soil ecosystems
->Earth.com | More on "Biochar effects on soil ecosystems" at BigEarthData.ai | #Soil #Ecosystem

FunctionalProgramming

@functionalprogramming.activitypub.awakari.com.ap.brid.gy

4 days ago

Mohican River Watershed is the epicenter of water quality improvement Solutions Journalism Series This story is Part II of a two-part Solutions Journalism series about the Mohican River’s water q...

#Outdoor #Solutions #Ashland #County #Park #District […]

[Original post on richlandsource.com]