A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...

A spectacularly broken version of RDR prompts some thoughts about whether you could actually design a game around its bugs.

The increasing human population is placing greater pressure on soil and water resources and threatening our ability to produce sufficient food, feed, and fiber. As a result, there is a growing ...

Throughout human history, our relationship with the soil has affected our ability to cultivate crops and influenced the success of civilizations. This relationship between humans, the earth ...

Soils can be thought of as storehouses for plant nutrients. Many nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, may be supplied to plants solely from reserves held in the soil. Others like potassium are ...

Even in winter, its deeply fissured dark gray bark stands out in the landscape ... in spring before new growth emerges or in fall after leaves have dropped. If your soil needs any amendments, such as ...

Long-lasting fruits appear in autumn and mature trees develop fissured bark adding winter interest ... sand but humus-rich loam that drains well delivers the healthiest growth. Soil pH should range ...

Europa's frozen, fissured surface, seen here in a colorized mosaic image from the Galileo spacecraft, hides a liquid ocean that may hold all the ingredients needed for life. Three key ingredients ...

The 2021 peer-reviewed study Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment shows that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms needed for healthy soil, ...

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...

Soil fertility is the ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield. This can be enhanced through organic and inorganic fertilizers to the soil. Nuclear techniques provide data that ...

Soil is important to each of us in our everyday lives, but too often we think about it as just dirt! Soil is the special link between plants and humans. It feeds us, captures carbon and provides a ...