Healthy soil doesn’t come from a bag—it comes from smart, creative choices that turn everyday waste into garden gold. Rich, ...

If you’ve ever seen a gardener tucking their soil under a blanket of mulch, straw, or compost, you might wonder—what’s with the dirt blanket? Turns out, it’s not just about keeping things tidy or weed ...

That’s where soil health comes in. Soil is not just “dirt.” It’s a living ecosystem teeming with nutrients, organic matter ...

The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire ...

Introducing forest soil on an entryway doormat shifted the indoor microbiome of Finnish homes closer to bacterial profiles ...

Turning compost piles provides more air to beneficial microbes, helping to speed up the composting process and creating enough heat to kill weed seeds, pests, and pathogens. Aim to turn a hot compost ...

Many aromatic compounds, such as phenols, cresols and styrenes, are toxic to organisms and harmful to the environment. They ...

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, and those genes can end up in human pathogens.

Yuchen Geng and Arpita Bose consider the invisible foundation of life, explaining why microbes must be included in ...

When we think of drought, we tend to think of consequences we can see—wildfires, hose bans, taps that run dry and crops that ...

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.