"If we consider the soil-plant-atmosphere-continuum as a system, which reflects both soil water supply and atmospheric water demand, we can use those plant-centric metrics to define plant water ...

The overall goal of my research is to describe the physical processes controlling water movement along the groundwater-soil-plant-atmosphere continuum and their implications on the history, trajectory ...

Soil plays an important role in controlling the planet's atmospheric future according to new research. Researchers found that the interaction between plants and soils controls how ecosystems ...

Any home gardener knows they have to tailor their watering regime for different plants. Forgetting to water their flowerbed ...

In ETH Zurich’s “Waldlabor”, environmental engineers led by Marius Floriancic are using custom-built equipment to study water fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum – a globally unique ...

In fact, there is more carbon stored in soil than in the atmosphere and all living terrestrial plants combined. Soil carbon is composed of dead matter and waste from plants and animals, as well as ...

Prof Johan van Tol taking a soil sample on top of the Drakensberg. Eddie Smit, Tercia Strydom, and Prof Johan van Tol testing the hydrophobicity of soils directly after an experimental fire. Eddie ...

Master Gardener Lawanda Jungwirth explains how bare soil releases water and carbon content and that using mulch protects the atmosphere. News Sports Packers Business Go 920! Advertise Obituaries ...