While the red listing of more mushrooms and their relatives has been welcomed, the results paint a worrying picture. Almost a ...

Urbanization is reshaping soil microbial communities worldwide, driving an unexpected homogenization of bacterial populations ...

Leaving Cert Agricultural Science – Higher Level Sample Answers (Biological Properties of Soil) 1. Define the soil microbiome ...

An important topic in our research is the cycling of nutrients within lake ecosystems. This is because in a large number of lakes, the internal cycling of nutrients regulates the water quality and ...

Can I Test My Soil for Nitrogen? Unlike other plant nutrients, most laboratories do not routinely test soil for N because the N cycle is very dynamic. The dynamic nature of the N cycle means that the ...

Decomposition of carrion, however, provides a unique opportunity for scientists to investigate how nutrients cycle through an ecosystem. Many people might ask, "Why is this subject important?" ...