Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene

PL Sullivan, SA Billings, D Hirmas, L Li, X Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soils form the skin of the Earth's surface, regulating water and biogeochemical cycles and
generating production of food, timber, and textiles around the world. Changes in soil and its …

Consider the anoxic microsite: acknowledging and appreciating spatiotemporal redox heterogeneity in soils and sediments

EM Lacroix, M Aeppli, K Boye, E Brodie… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Reduction–oxidation (redox) reactions underlie essentially all biogeochemical cycles. Like
most soil properties and processes, redox is spatiotemporally heterogeneous. However …

A holistic perspective on soil architecture is needed as a key to soil functions

HJ Vogel, M Balseiro‐Romero… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil functions, including climate regulation and the cycling of water and nutrients, are of
central importance for a number of environmental issues of great societal concern. To …

Soil aggregate-associated organic carbon mineralization and its driving factors in rhizosphere soil

JY Li, P Chen, ZG Li, LY Li, RQ Zhang, W Hu… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the determinants of soil carbon mineralization at both the aggregate and
rhizosphere levels is crucial for providing precise feedback on climate change. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption and gas-sensing investigation of oil dissolved gases onto nitrogen and sulfur doped graphene quantum dots

BE Inah, JF Eze, H Louis, HO Edet, TE Gber… - Chemical Physics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Burning hydrocarbons as fuel, which produces carbon dioxide and water, is a major
contributor to anthropogenic global warming. Hydrocarbons are introduced into the …

[HTML][HTML] Natural and managed soil structure: On the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning

D Or, T Keller, WH Schlesinger - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil structure in natural systems is a product of complex interactions between biological
activity, climate and soil minerals that promote aggregation and accumulation of biopores. In …

Metagenomic insights into nitrogen and phosphorus cycling at the soil aggregate scale driven by organic material amendments

X Wu, J Peng, P Liu, Q Bei, C Rensing, Y Li… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The soil microbiome, existing as interconnected communities closely associated with soil
aggregates, is the key driver in nutrient cycling. However, the underlying genomic …

Cover crop diversity improves multiple soil properties via altering root architectural traits

M Saleem, ZH Pervaiz, J Contreras, JH Lindenberger… - Rhizosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Cover crops may influence soil health and functioning. However, little is known about the
role of belowground root architectural traits in linking cover crop diversity with rhizosphere …

Microfluidics as an emerging platform for exploring soil environmental processes: a critical review

X Zhu, K Wang, H Yan, C Liu, X Zhu… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Investigating environmental processes, especially those occurring in soils, calls for
innovative and multidisciplinary technologies that can provide insights at the microscale …

Enhanced silicate weathering accelerates forest carbon sequestration by stimulating the soil mineral carbon pump

T Xu, Z Yuan, S Vicca, DS Goll, G Li, L Lin… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ERW) is an emerging strategy for carbon dioxide
removal (CDR) from the atmosphere to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. ERW aims at …