soil

This symbiosis increases a plant's survival in nitrogen-deficient soils without the use of nitrogen fertilizers.

The substances widely contaminate the air, soil, and water.

"The soil is compacted, there's asphalt over them and when it rains, the water runs off into the gutters instead of into the soil."

The new method can also be utilized for observing and preserving 3D biological structures that are typically difficult to study in soil, opening new opportunities for research in plant and fungal biology.

But unlike nitrogen, another critical soil nutrient, phosphorus is a non-renewable resource with limited geological deposits, meaning that once it moves from land to water, it can't get back into the land.