Sentences with phrase «role of soil»

Over the past week, at least four high - profile papers largely funded by the U.S. government have contributed new evidence, observations, and insight into the role of soil and forests in the global carbon cycle — the flow of material in and out of land, air, life, and sea that's currently broken and getting worse.

``... the erroneous sensitivity of convection schemes demonstrated here is likely to contribute to a tendency for large - scale models to «lock - in» dry conditions, extending droughts unrealistically, and potentially exaggerating the role of soil moisture feedbacks in the climate system.»

The resource explains the role of soil in agriculture, soil maintenance and the impact of fertilizer on the soil, The resource explains how agriculture affects the ecosystem and the role og genetic modified food and more.

KEIZER JJ, COELHO COA, SHAKESBY RA, DOMINGUES CSP, MALVAR MC, PEREZ, IMB, MATIAS MJS e FERREIRA AJD The role of soil water repellency in overland flow generation in pine and eucalypt forest stands in coastal Portugal.

The newfound role of the soil microbiome — the collection of microscopic bacteria, fungi and archaea that interact with plant roots — represents a turning point for research aimed at understanding and predicting where important tree species will reside in the future.

Creating incentives for the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in developing countries: The role of soil carbon sequestration.

With a background in ecology and environmental management, I made the move into agriculture for my PhD in which I am investigating the role of soil ecology in plant phosphorus acquisition.

Understanding how microbial communities in the biocrusts adapt to their harsh environments could provide important clues to help shed light on the roles of soil microbes in the global carbon cycle.

Understanding more about the interactions between the microbial communities — also called «microbiomes» — in the biocrusts and their adaptations to their harsh environments could provide important clues to help shed light on the roles of soil microbes in the global carbon cycle.

But understanding and optimizing the role of soils in the carbon cycle provides important mitigation possibilities as well.

Not exact matches

Clearing trees beside railway lines can cause soil erosion and even land slippageSandra Laville's article (Mile after mile of stumps: anger at trackside tree cull, 30 April) once again highlights decisions about tree care and management being made without a full understanding of the roles of trees and other vegetation in the landscape.

Compost also plays a key role for soil management, but unlike in Biodynamics, Nature Farming typically does not utilize animals, it does not put the same emphasis on crops grown for animal consumption, and avoids the use of animal manure and waste products as soil amendments.

Productivity: limited knowledge of farming techniques, limited access to planting materials, pests and disease Environmental: climate change, aging trees, unfertile soil Social: limited access to education, gender inequality, fewer leadership roles for women Financial: poverty, lack of access to finance

Pioneering exploration of the wine producing potential of regions based on new technologies such as satellite imaging, soil mapping, and a better understanding of the role of «dirt and rocks» on expressive wines.

In 2011, the Soil Association released a new report criticising the «passive role of successive UK governments» in supporting the organic market.

«We urge INEC to strive to maintain its integrity and not soil its reputation any further by using people of questionable characters to discharge sensitive roles in elections.

Trying to mimic the roles of wild herds That protective layer, it turns out, is vital for healthy soils that trap carbon, break down methane and produce more grasses every year to feed returning grazers.

Our results indicate that it may not be the soil animals, on the contrary: Their role may actually be the opposite of what we expected, at least when warming and drought occur together.»

The science of soil carbon dynamics is evolving, with some researchers finding that soil could even play a role in boosting greenhouse gas emissions (ClimateWire, July 14, 2011).

Sediment dynamics play an important role in shaping the Amazon's fluvial landscape, moving and depositing sand, rocks, soil, and nutrients from the Andes to the rest of the Amazon basin.

«To not consider how microbes influence soil carbon in offsetting ways, promoting losses through enhanced decomposition but gains by protecting soil carbon, would lead to overestimates or underestimates of the role soils play in influencing global climate.»

«These experiments will enable us to further test and refine the underlying processes in the CORPSE model and should lead to improved predictions of the role of plant - soil interactions in global climate change,» Sulman said.

«They probably play an important role in restoring fertility to the soil in pastures, where it has been damaged by exposure to extremes of both temperature and humidity,» he says.

Consider the role of nematode worms in maintaining the health and fertility of soils.

The new study, by researchers at the University of Vienna and the International Institute of Applied System Analysis explores the role of microbial cheaters for soil carbon and nitrogen cycling using a computer model.

These problems already play a significant role in many wars and internal conflicts — either directly, as in the sharing of water resources, or indirectly as when populations are displaced because of soil degradation.

Now biogeochemist Marco Keiluweit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues elsewhere for the first time provide evidence that anaerobic microsites play a much larger role in stabilizing carbon in soils than previously thought.

Fungi therefore may play a very important role in the highly complex soil habitat: in the spread of soil bacteria, their genetic adaptation and diversity, and ultimately also their evolution.

Soil abuse and degradation, excessive deforestation and over-grazing all occurred frequently in the past, sometimes playing a major role in the downfall of civilisations.

Ants play an important role in the ecosystem of forests, dispersing seeds and keeping soil aerated and as a food source for other animals, Pelini said.

Tiny tree roots may seem like a small thing to be focusing on, but Susan E. Trumbore of the University of California at Irvine and Julia B. Gaudinski of the University of California at Santa Cruz note in an accompanying commentary that «unless we recognize that root behavior is as complex as that of its counterparts above ground, the rules governing allocation of carbon to roots and the role of roots in soil carbon cycling will remain well - kept secrets.»

«Ants represent half of the global insect biomass,» and these mulches could be playing an important role in soil moisture, soil health, and agricultural field efficiency.

The next step in the research was to sample the rhizosphere, the soil in the region around the roots of rice plants growing in the field, to reveal the microbial community living there and to attempt to elucidate their roles.

Lichens play an important role in ecological processes such as soil formation and nutrient cycling and serve as bioindicators of environmental toxicity.

New results from Aarhus University indicate that such mobile microorganisms can play a surprising key role in bioremediation of soil which is contaminated with so - called PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons).

A research team led by graduate student researcher Shannon Hagerty and Paul Dijkstra, biological sciences associate research professor, measured two key characteristics of soil microbes that determine their role in the soil carbon cycle: how efficiently they use carbon to grow and how long they live.

One - time phosphate fertilizer application to grassland columns modifies the soil microbiota and limits its role in ecosystem services — Israel Ikoyi, Science of The Total Environment

Foreign researchers honored as the 31st KIA laureates include: Prof. Eric Vivier (France) for his research on harnessing innate immunity against cancer; Prof. Jianfang Wang (Hong Kong, China) for his research on Colloidal Plasmonic Metal Nanocrystals; Prof. Majed Chergui (Switzerland) for his research on unravelling the fundamentals of solar; Prof. Katharina Gaus (Australia) for her research on Single molecule imaging of T cell receptor signaling; and Prof. Dr. Burkhard Büdel (Germany) for his research on Role of lichens and cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts.

This suggested that the fraction of sand in soils plays a role in the process of forming fairy circles.

Their study is the first to show that soil biota play an important role in the maintenance of plant diversity in species - rich ecosystems.

KEIZER JJ, FERREIRA AJD, COELHO COA, DOERR S H. MALVAR M C, DOMINGUES C. SP, PEREZ IMB, RUIZ C e FERRARI K The role of tree stem proximity in the spatial variability of soil water repellency in a eucalypt plantation in coastal Portugal.

Another area where science seems to be starting to understand traditional wisdom is the role of probiotics (especially soil based probiotics) for health.

Once it became known that plants could be grown without soil organic matter, or humus, so long as there was an adequate supply of all essential mineral nutrients, Liebig used his fame as a chemist to devalue the important role of humus to soil fertility and promote inorganic mineral fertilizers as all that was necessary.

Probiotic supplements play an important role in gut healing, but I have serious concerns about the safety of brands that contain Bacillus subtilis or other soil - based micro-organisms, especially if used long - term in high doses.

I got thinking about it since you've included iodine, and the two of them have roles in up - and down - regulating the thyroid, and lithium seems to have some benefits that might prompt one to want to get some more of it (or any of it at all, should ones food sources somehow be lacking it, much like a lot of commercial soil has come to lack iodine over the years, thereby yielding iodine - poor produce).

6 Chang, Andrew, et al., «Role of Fertilizer and Micronutrient applications on Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead Accumulation in California Cropland Soils, California Department of Food and Agriculture, 2004.

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With these lessons plans to accompany your mushroom colony, students can learn about the role of fungi, which protect more than 90 percent of Earth's plants from disease and aid them in absorbing nutrients from the soil.

Nutrients for Life Foundation and Discovery Education are pleased to introduce From the Ground Up: The Science of Soil, highlighting the important role soil science plays in feeding our growing woSoil, highlighting the important role soil science plays in feeding our growing wosoil science plays in feeding our growing world.

However, the season brings a complete role reversal, with the winding road course near the central coast of California displaying the checkered flag for the last round of competition on U.S. soil this weekend.