Oil-eating worms provide valuable assistance in soil remediation
Bionanotechnology Lab of Kazan Federal University works on adapting nematodes to consuming oil wasteCredit: Kazan Federal University Bionanotechnology Lab of ...
Tag: Geology/Soil
Ecologically friendly agriculture doesn’t compromise crop yields
Increasing diversity in crop production benefits biodiversity without compromising yields, according to an international study examining diversified and simplified agricultural ...
Core value of the Chengjian fauna: evolution of animals and birth of basic human organs
Scientists explain the significance of Chengjiang fauna, exceptionally preserved fossils found in ChinaCredit: Earth Science Frontiers Much of what we ...
Magma ‘conveyor belt’ fuelled world’s longest erupting supervolcanoes
Credit: Pixabay International research led by geologists from Curtin University has found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean ...
New mineral discovered in moon meteorite
Donwilhelmsite is important for understanding the inner structure of the earthCredit: © Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Ansgar Greshake A team ...
Invisible fungi revealed by their genetic material
Credit: Veera Tuovinen How can new life forms that we cannot see be discovered? Using a novel method based on ...
The craters on Earth
Credit: Illustration: Gottwald, Kenkmann, Reimold: Terrestrial Impact Structures, The TanDEM-X Atlas, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann, geologist ...
Self-watering soil could transform farming
Credit: University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- A new type of soil created by engineers at The University ...
Specially-adapted drones gather data from unexplored volcanoes to better forecast eruptions
New drone technology improves ability to forecast volcanic eruptionsCredit: Matthew Wordell Specially-adapted drones developed by an international team have been ...
New fault zone measurements could help us to understand subduction earthquake
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba conducted detailed measurements of rocks formed by seismic slips in an exposed subduction zone ...
Fungal species naturally suppresses cyst nematodes responsible for major sugar beet losses
Credit: James Borneman The plant pathogenic nematode Heterodera schachtii infects more than 200 different plants, including sugar beets, and causes ...
Study finds seabird ecosystem shift in Falkland islands
Credit: Dulcinea Groff Seabird populations in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean are facing direct and indirect impacts of climate ...
Using a volcano’s eruption ‘memory’ to forecast dangerous follow-on explosions
Credit: Pixabay Stromboli, the 'lighthouse of the Mediterranean', is known for its low-energy but persistent explosive eruptions, behaviour that is ...
Soil-powered fuel cell promises cheap, sustainable water purification
Soil microbial fuel cells proven to be capable of creating energy to filter a person's daily drinking water in Brazil ...
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