As regulations addressing target semi-volatile organics in soil matrices continue to push for increasingly lower action levels, laboratories are required to examine preparation workflows to optimize ...

Sierra Space has completed a test readiness review of its carbothermal reactor, a system designed to extract oxygen from the Moon’s soil, and plans to proceed to a physical test of the technology.

When humans return to the moon (and ultimately travel beyond), they’ll need plenty of oxygen, both to breathe and propel crafts through space. Luckily for astronauts, there’s plenty packed inside ...

Figure 1: Traditional and emergent views of the nature of soil organic matter affect how we predict and manage soil, air and water. Here we argue in favour of a soil continuum model (SCM) that focuses ...

Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies have considered soil biota as a black box or focussed ...