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Science Newsscience33 days ago
Study Links Warmer Antarctic Soils to Higher Plant Fungal Pathogen Levels
Soil DNA samples from Chile to the Antarctic Peninsula show that plant fungal pathogens increase with higher air temperatures. Researchers project that under medium to high greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, these fungi could double in some coastal Antarctic soils by 2100.
indiatoday.intoday.inscience62 days ago
Elaine Ingham, Pioneer of Soil Food Web Concept, Dies at 73
Elaine Ingham, a prominent soil scientist and advocate for organic farming, died on February 16 at age 73 in Fort Mill, S.C. She popularized the 'soil food web' concept and founded the Soil Food Web School. Her death followed a dementia diagnosis last year.