Soil microbiomes drive key functions in agroecosystems, determining soil fertility, crop
productivity and stress tolerance. The microbiome is intricately linked with soil structure …

Much research focuses on increasing carbon storage in mineral-associated organic matter
(MAOM), in which carbon may persist for centuries to millennia. However, MAOM-targeted …

Iron (Fe) oxides are widely recognized to prevent the degradation of organic matter (OM) in
environments, thereby promoting the persistence of organic carbon (OC) in soils. Thus …

Cr (VI) detoxification and organic matter (OM) stabilization are usually influenced by the
biological transformation of iron (Fe) minerals; however, the underlying mechanisms of …

Plant roots are the main supplier of carbon (C) to the soil, the largest terrestrial C reservoir.
Soil pore structure drives root growth, yet how it affects belowground C inputs remains a …

Particulate organic matter (POM), as an important component of organic matter, can act as a
redox mediator and thus intervene in the environmental behavior of microplastics (MPs) …

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

Nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) has emerged as a powerful
analytical tool for investigating various aspects of soils. In recent decades, the widespread …

The soil microhabitat is a heterogeneous and complex environment where local variations
can modulate phenomena observed at the plot scale. Most of the current methods used to …

Due to the heterogeneous nature of soil pore structure, processes such as nitrification and
denitrification can occur simultaneously at microscopic levels, making prediction of small …