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Biochar and ants. A goldilocks story in the dirt.

At the right concentration, the carbon-rich soil booster makes ants forage 2x as fast, build threefold more complex nests, ...

After 37 Years, the World’s Longest-Running Soil Warming Experiment Uncovers a Startling Climate Secret

Deep in Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts, researchers have been running a controlled warming experiment for 37 years.

Decades-long study finds 'stable' soil carbon degrades

After nearly four decades, the world's longest-running soil warming experiment is revealing a surprising result: even "stable ...
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Warming triggers unprecedented carbon loss from tropical soils, study finds

Pushing soil ecosystems to their limits “This is one of the first warming experiments to push an ecosystem into a novel temperature regime outside of its normal range,” notes Caitlin Hicks Pries, a ...
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After historic find, University of Illinois soil scientists want to dig up more on state's land

After stumbling upon thousands of Mason jars filled with soil in a University of Illinois barn, some of them over 100 years old, Andrew Margenot knew he had found something special. As a soil ...
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UVM Extension researchers are conducting years-long, on-farm experiments on phosphorus management, water quality

Since 2020, University of Vermont Extension has been involved in a unique experiment on a privately-owned farm in the St. Albans Bay.
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Out of the loop: Ecologists report short-term plant-soil feedback experiments fall short in predicting competition outcome of long-term field experiment

Ecologists have measured plant-soil feedbacks for six perennial prairie grass species in a short-term greenhouse study, and say their findings do not match outcomes observed in long-term experiment ...