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It is estimated that 30% of the world's terrestrial carbon stocks are found in the boreal forest, 60% of which is below ground. Organic soil horizons contain about one-third of the soil carbon.

Mountain meadows are unique ecosystems. A research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that climate change reduces the humus content as well as the nitrogen stores ...

The wild weather we’ve experienced in recent years (or decades) has definitely made gardening more challenging than usual. I’ve been hearing from folks who happily started gardening during the ...