A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and ...
A hidden nutrient in the soil could double the speed at which tropical forests, and their climate benefits, come roaring back ...
“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...
AMES, Iowa – Poorly drained agricultural soils emit enough of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide that the resulting climate change effects could far exceed the benefits of using the same soils as a ...
Excavated soil from construction sites usually ends up in landfills, but it has great potential. Researchers at the Technical ...
Scientists tested rice under record heatwaves and found that hotter soils by themselves did not cause dangerous spikes in ...
Oklahoma Conservation Commission Soil Scientist Greg Scott holds healthy soil that absorbed two inches of simulated rainfall, during the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources ...
TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Scientists from the Tonawanda Coke Soil Study hosted a community meeting Thursday evening to share the final results of the research with the public. Researchers investigated soil ...
Losing six inches of topsoil could cost farmers more than $6,600 in nutrients and organic matter, according to a new analysis ...
STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- The grey smoky skies can be seen for hundreds of miles. But now researchers are on the trail of wildfire threats that are invisible to the naked eye. The result of intense ...
The Tonawanda Coke Soil Study investigates how pollution from the Tonawanda Coke Corp. plant has impacted soil in surrounding communities. A federal judge ordered Tonawanda Coke Corp. to fund the $711 ...
Curious eyes have been scanning how Cliff Linder and some other Stark County farmers have been taking care of their soil. A five-year study called Stark Sustainable Soils Initiative is a project of ...