Johns Hopkins University geneticists and a small army of researchers across the country, including students, are working to catalog the vast and largely unknown soil microbiome of the United States.

Soil microbiomes play a crucial role in carbon sequestration, significantly impacting the global carbon cycle. The activity of microorganisms helps to capture and store carbon in soil, reducing ...

The escalating challenges of climate change - including prolonged droughts, soil degradation, and unpredictable growing ...

In the past few years, about a handful of companies have emerged with tests to measure a soil microbiome of fields, give a biodiversity index and help farmers understand the effects of inputs on soil ...

Just like any living organism, the soil has its own metabolism. Plants, worms, insects, and most importantly, microorganisms in the soil, break down organic matter, consume and generate nutrients, and ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 16, 2025) Through a literature review and data analysis of almost 2,000 soil samples, the authors of a recent study find negative effects on the presence of ...

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around ...

Research from a team with Professor Madhav Mani, ESAM PhD graduate and former Northwestern postdoctoral researcher Siqi Liu, and UChicago scientists shows how environmental changes lead to predictable ...