The first comprehensive overview of the world’s largest terrestrial pool of carbon highlights the importance of soil carbon conservation in...
A simple mixture of organic waste, such as chicken manure, and zeolite, a porous volcanic rock, has been developed into a powerful fertiliser which...
In the tenth of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, PhD student Robert Hird pitches his tent next to a gas crater in...
Far from being merely ‘dirt’, soil plays a fundamental role in food production, water availability and biodiversity. A new research programme aims to...
How can we feed the world’s expanding population? Should we be using GM technologies more to boost the yield of our crops? How will global warming...
A recently launched project that unites academia with industry is addressing the need to decontaminate ‘brownfield’ sites for redevelopment.
