According to the data, pesticides affect soil invertebrates in many ways ... in the soil for years or decades after they are applied, continuing to harm soil health. Soil organisms encounter a ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Human activities affecting these processes ... Soil organic matter is composed of soil microbes including bacteria and fungi, decaying material from once-living organisms such as plant and animal ...

Plastics are everywhere—from packaging and textiles to electronics and medical devices. As plastic waste breaks down, it ...

If all the organisms were to disappear from any one of the cubic spaces depicted in these photographs, the environment in it would soon shift to a radical new state. The molecules of the soil or ...

Soil-borne diseases, caused by pathogens like fungi and bacteria, threaten agriculture, human health, and soil health. Preventative strategies include crop rotation, soil management, clean equipment, ...

WASHINGTON— A new study published today by the academic journal Frontiers in Environmental Science finds that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms that are ...