www.economist.com/culture/2026... #soil #soilhealth #biodiversity

Plant trees in square holes, not round ones. Roots circle in nursery pots. A round hole encourages more circling. A square hole draws roots into the corners, and they keep stretching outward from there.
Can biodiversity loss threaten national security? Hear experts discuss the UK Nature Security Assessment, why nature risks are overlooked in security planning, and what that means for resilience.
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The #WeekinSoil. This edition includes the launch of British #RegenerativeFarming Week 📆 #Microplastics acting as a Trojan horse 🐴 A Bangor University survey 🏴 and much more
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4hfl6He
Crop rotation-induced #soil aggregate restructuring enhances fertilizer #nitrogen retention on the #LoessPlateau of #China
🎓led by Prof.Yuhong Gao at Gansu Agricultural University
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
#Agroecology #SoilScience @agroecologymap.bsky.social @scholarcast.bsky.social
Accustomed to forest or pasture soils, describing and sampling soil profiles in mandarin orchards in the Ebro delta is a new experience... #soil
learning about my #Kansas #garden #soil @KState #extension
NEW in The ISME Journal
Soil amelioration impacts viral ecology in saline-alkali lands
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Lead by Junxi Liu
#soil #microbialbiomass #soilbacteria #phages #virus #carbon #landuse #isotopes
***NEW*** #OpenAccess
The Effect of the Interval Between Soil Liming and the Application of NBPT-Treated Urea on Ammonia Emissions in the Field
Barlow, Matse, Cummins, Wang & Forrestal
@wileyecology.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social #soil
doi.org/10.1111/sum....
Look why Canadian vineyards become an act of resistance. 🇨🇦🍷🥂🍾💪🏽🌿🍀🦋🐝
#sustainability #soil #EnvironmentalSustainability
@suzannacrampton.bsky.social
🩲 Warum vergraben tausend Menschen Unterhosen im Boden und warum erhält eine Forschungsgruppe dafür den renommierten Ig-Nobelpreis?
Die Antwort gibt’s in dieser Folge! 🌱🔬
Soil carbon dynamics vary significantly by region, yet global comparisons remain limited. We invite data-based perspectives, integrative research, & case studies addressing soil health & carbon sequestration priorities across diverse global contexts.
The contribution of @murdoch.edu.au researchers to global #soil management has been recognised in a decadal publication released by the @fao.org of the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils: soilswest.org.au/new-world-so... #soilnews #soilscience #soilresearch