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No yield benefit of biochar for crops in the temperate zone| For years, biochar has been promoted as a soil additive to increase fertility and crop yields. But a new paper, co-authored by Diego Abalos and Jan... -
'The Paris soil carbon sequestration goals are unrealistic'| The goal to offset rises in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by increasing soil carbon storage by 4 per mille (0.4%) per year is unrealistic,... -
Agriculture should not attempt to copy nature| ‘While agriculture should certainly learn from nature, we mustn’t be fixated on it. After all, agriculture and nature are fundamentally... -
Earthworms: Nature's free fertilizer?| Earthworm presence in the soil increases crop yield, shows a new study that was published this week in Scientific Reports. This is not unexpected ,... -
Jan Willem van Groenigen editor in chief of Geoderma| Jan Willem van Groenigen has been appointed as editor in chief of the soil science journal Geoderma. The appointment is the result of an increasing... -
Plants as a key to reducing emissions of a major greenhouse gas| Agricultural soils are by far the largest source of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). Therefore, measures to reduce N2O emissions are... -
Global worming: greenhouse gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms| Earthworms increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soils, reveals new research published in the current issue of Nature Climate Change. The...