What’s your gardening style? The way we garden can determine whether we are increasing or decreasing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Carbon has been on my mind lately following the release of ...

Your lawn will not solve climate change on its own. But better soil management can make it healthier, more resilient, and modestly better at storing carbon.

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This underground universe has a profound effect on the health and vitality of our gardens. Additionally, many home gardeners may not realize this hidden ecosystem plays an important role in ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage. Aa Aa Aa ...

Outwardly, gardens look like sustainable spaces that help absorb excess carbon from the atmosphere. While this might be true, not all gardens help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. Some gardens ...

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere fuels plant growth. As carbon levels rise, it's appealing to think of supercharged plant growth and massive tree-planting campaigns drawing down the CO 2 produced by ...

Ambridge-based PittMoss makes peat-free soil by using recycled paper and cardboard. Despite its connection to the outdoors, gardening contributes significantly to climate change because most ...

Soils release approximately 40–60 petagrams (Pg) of carbon annually into the atmosphere through microbial metabolism. Climate warming is projected to further enhance soil microbial respiration, ...

A thriving garden does not demand a wallet full of expensive soil products. It demands creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to look at everyday waste with fresh eyes. Garden stores stack shelves ...