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 ...

Pakistan, known to be the biggest exporter of terrorism, has warned the UN that Afghanistan risks becoming a terror hub. This ...

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

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 ...

A global study has revealed that mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) serves as the most stable long-term reservoir of ...

Photo courtesy of Donnafugata. “When you consider the variables with regard to eruptive product, lava chemistry, and climate of soil formation, as well as how long the volcanic rock parent has been ...