A new global study shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil inorganic carbon (SIC), a key but often-overlooked part of terrestrial ...
An ancient soil amendment—biochar—could be a promising tool for future soil health enhancement and maintenance, according to a study by the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences. Amit Dhingra ...
A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...
Soil is one of our most precious resources. Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, has been around for a century, but it has only recently been applied to understanding soils. This ...
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 ...
Quantifying and tracking PBAT microplastic degradation in soil. A newly developed thermal-assisted alkali hydrolysis and LC–MS method enables accurate quantification of PBAT microplastics and their ...
New research reveals how underground drainage pipes are transforming India’s degraded black soils into productive carbon ...
Much of the research on regenerative farming practices, such as no-till or cover crops, has looked at the benefits to the environment and the soil. Now a new study finds these farming practices also ...