Microbes, fungi, plants and animals create and maintain soil through myriad processes: by breaking apart rock with roots and ...

By not tilling the land and reducing our reliance on pesticides and fertilizers, soil starts to recover. Replacing our reliance on monoculture with a return to crop rotations gives soil time to ...

President Biden has called the prisoner swap deal with Russia Thursday that secured the release of The Wall Street Journal's ...

A new study out of The University of Texas at Arlington shows that frozen land in Alaska is eroding faster than it can be replaced due to climate change.

Understanding changes in soil hydrology can help guide municipalities on ideal placement for new development projects, including green infrastructure. This project involves going to field sites across ...

The soil scientist who helped change how farmers till their land has won the Gulbenkian Prize, called Agriculture’s Nobel. ‘I ...

The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles ...

Problems with soil health are growing as the African continent struggles to feed itself. Africa has 65% of the world’s remaining uncultivated arable land but has spent about $60 billion annually ...

The set-aside requirement will lessen the financial incentive to participate in a county land conservation program that has so far protected at least 20,209 acres of prime agricultural soil from ...

A soil microbiome study confirms organic agriculture supports soil health, improving ecological functions hurt by ...

With most of scientific studies identifying districts such as Malappuram, Kozhikode, Idukki, Ernakulam and Kottayam, besides ...

The discovery of century-old soil samples at a land-grant university could offer big clues into how soil has changed over time. An old dilapidated barn, slated for demolition, held a treasure ...