The capacity of soil to regulate the terrestrial freshwater supply is a fundamental ecosystem service. Water percolating through soil is filtered, stored for plant utilization, and redistributed ...

Water is a unique compound that is essential to life on Earth. In the pedosphere, the physical and chemical properties of water regulate the flow of energy and solutes, making soil water a crucial ...

Deuterium-labeled water was used to simulate rainfall, and its movement through soil and plants was tracked. The results showed that repeated droughts in plots with elevated CO 2 and warming ...

They contain very few air gaps and water does not drain through it easily. Chalky soil is a light brown soil. Water drains through it quickly. Peat does not contain any rock particles. It's made ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen have investigated the movement ... in water; the weaker the light, the ...