Reduction–oxidation (redox) reactions underlie essentially all biogeochemical cycles. Like
most soil properties and processes, redox is spatiotemporally heterogeneous. However …

Denitrification is an important component of the nitrogen cycle in soil, returning reactive
nitrogen to the atmosphere. Denitrification activity is often concentrated spatially in anoxic …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is pivotal for both agricultural activities and climate change
mitigation, and biochar stands as a promising tool for bolstering SOC and curtailing soil …

Soil microorganisms rely on coupled fluxes of carbon and energy to fuel their maintenance,
to switch from dormancy to activity and to grow under dynamically changing conditions in …

Denitrification, a key process in soil nitrogen cycling, occurs predominantly within microbial
hotspots, such as those around particulate organic matter (POM), where denitrifiers use …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are reactive gaseous compounds with significant
impacts on air quality and the Earth's radiative balance. While natural ecosystems are …

Soils are the largest source of atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O), a powerful greenhouse gas.
Dry soils rarely harbor anoxic conditions to favor denitrification, the predominant N2O …

Spatial heterogeneity is a pervasive feature of soils, affecting the distribution of carbon
sources as well as their microbial consumers. Heterogeneous addition of substrates typically …

Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is an important metric for understanding the balance
between anabolic and catabolic metabolism, while energy use efficiency (EUE) provides …

Anoxic microsites are potentially important but unresolved contributors to soil organic carbon
(C) storage. How anoxic microsites vary with soil management and the degree to which …