After a typhoon surprised a research cruise, scientists took advantage of the unique sampling opportunity to reveal rapid ...

The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles of ...

Whether dead or alive, soil microorganisms play a major role in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere. But what is the specific role of death for the bacteria, fungi and ...

Earth’s Mantle Nitrogen Content Is Comparable To That Found In Its Nitrogen-Rich Atmosphere. Mantle Nitrogen has been proposed to be primordial or sourced by later subduction, yet its origin has not ...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Biological Weathering -- Chapter 1 Biological Weathering in ...

A research team has shown that soil moisture and nitrogen availability jointly determine whether agricultural soils process ...