Table 1 Soil moisture (SM) [vol%], Soil chemical properties [µg g −1 dw] and number of terminal restriction fragments (TRFs) of the archaeal amoA AOA gene for drought treatment and control in spring ...

Peatlands have been drained for land use for a long time and on a large scale, turning them from carbon and nutrient sinks into respective sources, diminishing water regulation capacity, causing ...

Amid the fields of northern Germany a vast expanse of bulrushes has been planted to form one of Europe's largest reclaimed marshes. Just four years ago, the 10-hectare (25-acre) plot close to the town ...

Fen soil can help reduce the iron and sulphate content of acid mine drainage by 80%, new research shows. According to scientists at the Humboldt University of Berlin (HU-Berlin) and the Leibniz ...

In a new study published in Global Change Biology, Prof. Zhang Yuanming's team from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled a previously ...

What law is the EU proposing that’s caused such controversy? The Nature Restoration Law is an EU effort to try to tackle the large losses in biodiversity over the past half century. It proposes ...

Soil incubation experiments revealed a comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying-rewetting cycles (DWCs) among Japanese forests and pastureland soils, suggesting a significant contribution of ...

Scientists are proposing a new way to boost the climate benefits of biochar by pairing it with peatland restoration. A new study suggests that applying biochar to rewetted peatlands could dramatically ...

A new study shows that combining water management with biochar application could transform drained agricultural peatlands from greenhouse gas emitters into powerful carbon sinks, offering a promising ...

In Germany, current and former wetlands cover some five percent of the country's land area. Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash Amid the fields of northern Germany a vast expanse of bulrushes has been ...

Amid the fields of northern Germany a vast expanse of bulrushes has been planted to form one of Europe’s largest reclaimed marshes. Just four years ago, the 10-hectare plot close to the town of ...