The world population is increasing at an alarming rate and tremendous quantity of waste is
getting produced due to urbanization, industrialization, increase in human population, and …

Earthworms have a prominent role in supporting soil functioning and thus in providing key
services to humanity. Their beneficial role relates to effects on soil structure, carbon and …

Biochar and organic fertilizer are widely supported to maintain crop production and
sustainable development of agroecosystems. However, it is unclear how biochar and …

Critical knowledge gaps about environmental fate and unintentional effects of currently used
pesticides (CUPs) hamper the understanding and mitigation of their global impacts on …

Intercrop** leads to different plant roots directly influencing belowground processes and
has gained interest for its promotion of increased crop yields and resource utilization …

Energy flux in food webs, ie, energy consumption by different trophic groups and describing
their energetic structure, has been proposed as a powerful tool to understand the …

Microplastics (MPs) are plastic fragments with particle sizes< 5 mm, ubiquitously distributed
in terrestrial environments. However, the negative effects of MPs, such as joint-pollution with …

The negative environmental impacts of chemical fertilizers have been recognized for a long
time, and the returning of agricultural residues to the soil is considered a sustainable …

The soil microbiome is dynamically structured at the local soil aggregate level by a
combination of bottom-up and top-down processes. The soil microbiome is structured at the …

Petroleum is an important industrial raw material that enters the soil during production and
use and is harmful to soil organisms. To evaluate the toxicity of petroleum-contaminated soil …