Soils produce more than 95% of the food we eat. We depend upon them for our food and the clothes on our back but they are so much more than natural factories. For one thing, they act as an important ...

A study on 'canopy soils' on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon stores that cannot easily be replaced. In certain trees, soils can form along branches and can support ...

Engineers have created strong, low-cost walls from soil, water, and cardboard, cutting carbon emissions and construction ...

Researchers are paying close attention to how fertilizers change tiny features within soil where carbon can be stored ...

You can learn a lot about your soil by simply running it through your fingers. Healthy soil is the key to growing a beautiful and thriving garden. Building and nourishing the soil begins with getting ...

With only 7.5% of Earth's surface covered in fertile, agricultural soil, it's critically important to maintain the soil to ...

Strange, regularly repeating stone patterns that sometimes form in cold settings are generated by needles of ice that push soil particles and stones slowly around. This is the conclusion of an ...

Heating alone won’t drive soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide — they need added carbon and nutrients to thrive. This finding challenges assumptions about how climate warming influences soil ...