Princess Akiko of Mikasa stressed the importance of cultivating fertile soil for traditional Japanese culture to live on ...

IKITSUKI, Japan – On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the ...

Scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an automated monitoring system to continuously track methane absorption by forest soils.

How sensitively does organic carbon stored in soils react to changes in temperature and humidity? This question is central to a new study now published in Nature Communications. The work involved ...

How sensitively does organic carbon stored in soils react to changes in temperature and humidity? Globally, soils store more than twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. Therefore, carbon uptake ...

When you think of improving the soil, you may imagine planting cover crops or utilizing minimal tillage systems that allow microorganisms to thrive. And while these practices can help make the soil a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “The sap harvested for lacquer is like the blood of a tree. It is a treasure from nature,” says ...

If you have never thought about the use of the soil thermometer you should Soil temperature plays an important role in seed germination With all the predicted rainfall in the coming days ...

She also pointed to photos of various stages of the production line appearing to show workers in a “chemical room,” record plating and lacquer processing ... had taken 50 soil samples and ...

One color has emerged as an unexpected new neutral: A shapeshifting purple-red with brown undertones that feels fresh from the soil ... in virtually any project. Lacquer, in all its glistening ...

While any clean, unused chopstick will do (please don't introduce sugars or food crumbs into your soil), look for ones that have a lacquer or resin coating over them. This will help reduce the chances ...