The China-Laos Environmental Project established an 'air-space-ground' observation network to provide the benchmark emission data needed to fill critical ground-truthing gaps.
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Elevated soil temperatures during a heatwave year do not necessarily increase metal(loid) mobilization or accumulation across two harvests of semi-perennial rice evidence from mesocosm experiments www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...

Manipulating natural heatwaves in AmbControl chambers: bridging controlled and field conditions for warming studies in plant–soil systems <p>Quantifying the impact of natural heatwaves on crop productivity requires direct comparison with a no-heatwave control. Yet conventional growth chambers, which rely on artificial lighting and stepw...

A bold yet increasingly urgent prediction is emerging: future farmlands may gradually shift from “purely natural systems” to “semi-engineered systems,” where key climate variables are precisely regulated while preserving natural light and soil ecosystem functions. www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...

Soil microdialysis as a tool to simulate rhizosphere dynamics and estimate metal(loid) uptake in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) - Plant and Soil Background and Aims Soil microdialysis is an emerging in-situ sampling technique that mimics bidirectional exchanges of chemicals in the rhizosphere; however, its effectiveness in predicting plant upt...

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👉 A step toward dynamic, in-situ bioavailability assessment for precision agriculture and environmental risk evaluation.

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Microbial iron mining: a nature-based solution for pollution removal and resource recovery from contaminated soils <p>Thousands of natural and synthetic compounds pollute soils and threaten ecosystems and human health. In 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme (FAO...

“Microbial iron mining” turns soils into self-purifying biogeochemical reactors — using natural Fe cycling to trap, transform, and recover pollutants and resources.

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Water first: why effective water management outweighs genetic drought tolerance in agricultural adaptation <p>Climate change intensifies droughts globally, threatening crop yields and food security. Although breeding drought-tolerant crops is widely promoted as an adaptation strategy, their effectiveness i...

Water first why effective water management outweighs genetic drought tolerance in agricultural adaptation www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...

Hotspots and dynamics of dissolved thallium species at oxic-anoxic interfaces in flooded soils Thallium (Tl) is highly toxic, predominantly existing in its monovalent Tl(I) state in the environment. However, the redox “niche” of both dissolved t…

🧵 Thallium (Tl) is most mobile during redox fluctuations—not in fully oxic or anoxic conditions.
Cycling environments (wetlands, soils) release Tl as Tl⁺, which mimics K⁺ and enters food chains.
Stable ≠ safe. Dynamic = danger. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tibetan herders guiding horses across the plateau.

Participating in traditional rice threshing in central China.

The iconic terraced fields of Hubei, shaping the mountainside.

Adorable oxen still working in China’s mountain villages.

Snapshots of rural China: Tibetan herders with horses, hands-on rice threshing in central China, Hubei’s layered terraced fields, and adorable oxen in mountain villages—a journey through traditional life and landscapes.

Google AI model mines trillions of images to create maps of Earth ‘at any place and time’ Nature - The system will save time spent on processing satellite data, researchers say — but they hope the tech firm will share more about how it works.

Google has released an AI model that acts as a ‘virtual satellite’ to weave together trillions of disparate observations to track changes in land and shallow waters across Earth

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How to cultivate beautiful iridescent iron biofilm paintings from soil? Here is the answer!