by faster | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Phys.org DATE: July 28, 2020 SNIP: Today, life in the soil must contend with several problems at once. The biomass of small animals that decompose plants in the soil and thus maintain its fertility is declining both as a result of climate change and...
by faster | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: UCR News DATE: September 12, 2018 SNIP: The earth beneath our feet isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind when people think about the impacts of climate change. However, a study by a UC Riverside-led team of researchers predicts a climate-induced...
by faster | Aug 2, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Science Daily DATE: August 2, 2018 SNIP: The recent heatwave and drought could be having a deeper, more negative effect on soil than we first realised say scientists. This could have widespread implications for plants and other vegetation which, in turn, may...
by faster | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: XinhuaNet (Chinese Media is notoriously unreliable, so read with a grain of salt). DATE: December 5, 2017 SNIP: The ecosystem services that land provides will have to increase exponentially to sustain the planet, as agricultural production needs to increase by...
by faster | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian and Washington Post DATE: October 5, 2017 SNIP: Warming soils are releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than previously thought, suggesting a potentially disastrous feedback mechanism whereby increases in global temperatures will trigger...