Soil carbon stocks in temperate grasslands differ strongly across sites but are insensitive to decade‐long fertilization

AB Keller, ET Borer, SL Collins… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing soil carbon (C) storage has the potential to offset human‐caused increases in
atmospheric CO2. Rising CO2 has occurred concurrently with increasing supply rates of …

Comparison of sample preparation techniques for the (−) ESI-FT-ICR-MS analysis of humic and fulvic acids

AI Goranov, AM Tadini, L Martin-Neto… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Soil organic matter (SOM) plays a key role in the global carbon and nitrogen cycles. Soil
biogeochemistry is regularly studied by extracting the base-soluble fractions of SOM: acid …

High nitrogen addition after the application of sewage sludge compost decreased the bioavailability of heavy metals in soil

H Yu, H Xiao, Y Cui, Y Liu, W Tan - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) fertilizer is highly significant in agricultural production, but long-term N addition
causes changes in quality indicators, such as soil organic matter (SOM), thus affecting the …

Bridging 20 years of soil organic matter frameworks: empirical support, model representation, and next steps

KS Rocci, MF Cotrufo, J Ernakovich… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few decades, there has been an evolution in our understanding of soil organic
matter (SOM) dynamics from one of inherent biochemical recalcitrance to one deriving from …

Investigation into the Effects of Different Restoration Techniques on the Soil Nutrient Status in Degraded Stipa grandis Grassland

P Zhang, T Yu, D Shan, R Yan, L Zhang, J Wang… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The degradation and desertification of grassland ecosystems have garnered significant
attention both domestically and internationally. Grassland restoration techniques are widely …

One thousand soils for molecular understanding of belowground carbon cycling

MM Bowman, AE Heath, T Varga, AK Battu… - Frontiers in Soil …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
While significant progress has been made in understanding global carbon (C) cycling, the
mechanisms regulating belowground C fluxes and storage are still uncertain. New …

Nanoscale mechanisms of carboxyl carbon preservation during Fe (II)-induced ferrihydrite transformation

F Liu, Y Lu, Z Shi - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
The persistence of organic carbon (OC) in natural environments is widely attributed to OC
associations with minerals such as iron (Fe) minerals. Carboxyl, a critical structure of OC …

The microbial nitrogen cycling, bacterial community composition, and functional potential in a natural grassland are stable from breaking dormancy to being dormant …

BK Das, S Ishii, L Antony, AJ Smart, J Scaria, VS Brözel - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The quantity of grass-root exudates varies by season, suggesting temporal shifts in soil
microbial community composition and activity across a growing season. We hypothesized …

Mathematical Modeling of Pilot Scale Olive Mill Wastewater Phytoremediation Units

MA Petoussi, N Kalogerakis - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
A mechanistic state–space model has been developed to describe the dynamics of olive mill
wastewater (OMW) treatment in phytoremediation pilot units with P. granatum L. and M …

Converting Low-Productivity Pasture to Well-Managed Pasture and Silvopastoral System Cause Relevant Changes in Soil Chemical and Microbiological …

LJ Silva, IC Freitas, LHG Abreu, DMS Oliveira… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study evaluated the chemical and microbiological soil attributes in a silvopastoral
system compared to well-managed pasture, degraded pasture, and Cerrado vegetation in …