A thin layer found in the top few centimeters of soil plays a big role in its ecology. Biocrust is built, maintained and ...

Flash floods happen when heavy rains unleash more water than the ground can absorb, causing that water to pile up and flow to ...

At more than 470 times the atmospheric concentration of CO₂, a humble soil bacterium does something extraordinary: it turns ...

Sparse and unevenly distributed soil samples across the northern high-latitude region greatly limit the accuracy of soil organic carbon (SOC) mapping. Substantial discrepancies, therefore, exist in ...

Soil quality is an important indicator of a good sustainable system. This study was conducted to assess the soil quality of newly weathered soils in different forest systems in central India. Various ...

Lanthanides are a class of rare earth elements that in many countries are added to fertilizer as micronutrients to stimulate plant growth. But little is known about how they are absorbed by plants or ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

An "infestation of thrips" may sound like the title of an episode of Star Trek, but it's no fun for a gardener. Here's how to ...

To realise full potential at the farm, all the preparations, planting methods and good agronomic practices are observed.

Several factors, both meteorological and geographical, created a nightmare recipe for flash flooding across the Texas Hill ...

The Potash Development Association (PDA) has recently reviewed those factors that can impact on stress levels within a crop ...

Soil is the thin layer of material covering the earth’s surface and is formed from the weathering of rocks. It is made up mainly of mineral particles, organic materials, air, water and living ...