But it’s more than this. Soil filters the water we drink, grows the food we eat, and captures the carbon dioxide that causes climate change. Soil is the largest carbon sink after the ocean and ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage.

Michigan State University research studying the long-term impact of agricultural practices on soil organic matter has reached ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

This nonliving carbon is derived in particular from the excrement and decomposition of dead plants and animals, and eventually becomes food for soil organisms. While the mechanisms by which carbon ...