Newswise — Seaweed farming has captured global attention as a potential solution to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide and offer eco-friendly alternatives to carbon-intensive food and industrial ...

Illustration showing the overview of seaweed-associated microbes, their beneficial functions functions that shape seaweed health and resilience against pathogens and environmental change. The right ...

A critical review in Plant and Soil finds that biochar could plausibly intercept labile root-exudate carbon and convert it ...

Researchers reveal how bacterial organelles self-assemble, uncovering enzyme structures that could drive advances in carbon capture, crop yields, and sustainable materials. (Nanowerk News) The ...

A metagenomic study of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau grasslands shows that six years of active restoration boosts soil carbon, but the gains accumulate mainly as vulnerable particulate organic carbon shaped b ...

Thawing permafrost is a major climate risk due to the associated release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, new research by a team led by Prof. Yang Yuanhe from the ...

Harvard and Stanford researchers genetically engineered the marine bacterium Alteromonas macleodii to accelerate olivine weathering, boosting atmospheric carbon capture. Tested in custom bioreactors, ...

A soil-dwelling microbe has shown a surprising ability to trap carbon dioxide and turn it into rock. Scientists have discovered that Bacillus megaterium, a common bacterium long known for its role in ...

A research team from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel framework to evaluate the soil microbial carbon pump (MCP), offering new insights into ...

Two new studies have outlined novel ways to capture small amounts of carbon, and which could be scalable for larger applications. In one study, investigators developed a system that uses bacterial ...

Conceptual framework illustrating the possible relationships between microbial CUE and R h on the basis of stoichiometric theory and microbial community theory. Soils store more carbon than the ...

A new study shows that increasing plant diversity in agriculture can be used to improve the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils. As the agricultural sector strives to reduce its ...