In recent years, the intricate relationship between soil moisture and precipitation has garnered increasing attention from scientists aiming to unravel the complex feedback mechanisms that govern Earth’s climate system. A groundbreaking study published by Sun, Yang, He, and colleagues in Nature Communications has made significant strides in deciphering the causal pathways that connect soil moisture dynamics to global precipitation patterns. This work not only advances our understanding of land-atmosphere interactions but also holds promising implications for improving weather forecasts and climate modeling.

The ground beneath our feet is doing something strange. Somewhere in the opaque depths of saturated soil, where sunlight never reaches, bacteria are powering chemical reactions with energy they stored hours earlier, when the sun was still up. Scientists have now figured out how they do it, and the answer reads like something from science fiction. Researchers at Kunming University of Science and Technology and the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered that common soil bacteria can team up with iron minerals to form what amounts to a biological capacitor.

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when major deforestation has occurred in catchment areas.

A diet is the wrong entry point in the analysis of the food system and planetary health.

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

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PFAS were found in the blood of all the EU ministers sampled, the tests found.

Overfishing affects food security, blue economy jobs and climate resilience.

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.