Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around ...

“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...

Studying soil carbon dynamics in a semidesert agroecosystem like the Texas High Plains might seem an unexpected place for a scientist who grew up in a city in tropical Brazil. Carolina Brandani, Ph.D.

The Oklahoma State University Extension Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory on the OSU campus tests more than 58,000 samples each year to protect Oklahoma’s natural resources and support ...

A startup in Germany has used a high-pressure cooker to develop superhumus, which they see as a promising solution to soil degradation and climate change, one of the world’s most critical challenges.

Scientists have found that microplastics in soil weaken the immune systems of earthworms, which could affect their ability to destroy harmful pathogens and negatively impact soil microbes. South ...