A study in Forest Ecosystems shows that particulate organic carbon (POC) dominates surface soils, while mineral-associated ...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon pool ... and further analyzed microbial necromass in bulk soils and the mineral-associated organic matter fraction across karst and non-karst ...

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

A new study has unveiled the key mechanisms that preserve organic ... as carbon dioxide—Earth's biggest contributor to climate change. Sorption—the uptake of carbon by minerals Molecular ...

Researchers have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in unprecedented ... that the asteroid contained water as well as carbon, nitrogen and other organic matter, but the ...