Soil-borne fungal diseases threaten crop productivity and quality, and the agricultural sector has long relied on chemicals to manage these pathogens. However, new research is uncovering a natural ...

Acid sulfate soils are naturally occurring, sulphide‐rich soils that, when exposed to atmospheric oxygen, undergo oxidation processes which result in the formation of sulphuric acid. This ...

Acid sulfate soils (ASS) have long been recognised for their potential to generate sulphuric acid when pyrite and other sulphides are exposed to oxygen. These soils occur naturally in coastal and ...

It's time to get your garden going and soil is the place to start. Healthy soil leads to healthy plants that resist pests and diseases without pesticides. From compost to hydrogels, mycorrhizal fungi ...

Acid rain from fossil fuel pollution may be quietly training soil bacteria to become longer-lived, more transmissible, and more deadly, according to a new study in the journal New Contaminants that ...