Studying how much soil herbivores eat shows which species are vulnerable to toxic element exposure from natural or human ...

Removing sheep and other livestock entirely from upland grasslands—a strategy often promoted as a way to boost carbon storage ...

A new global study shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil ...

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a result, the global soil carbon cycle—by which carbon enters, moves through, ...

Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Thursday, Jan. 29, rolled out the Governor’s Legacy Soil Health and Habitat Program, a cooperative ...

The researchers say the Green Revolution and exclusive selection for aboveground traits in corn — ignoring traits related to the roots and rhizosphere, the microbe-rich zone surrounding roots — ...

Carnivorous plants look like botanical oddities, but their behavior is not a gimmick. It is a precise evolutionary solution to surviving where soil offers almost nothing.

If you’ve ever stared at a mountain of soil at a garden center and wondered whether buying it by the truckload is really ...

Locust swarms can wipe out crops across entire regions, threatening food supplies and livelihoods. Now, scientists working ...

Soil scientist Andrew Margenot holds a jar of soil gathered from Menard County, Illinois in 1948. The University of Illinois professor said he rediscovered the "church of soil" when searching an old ...

It's generally ok to use potting soil that's been sitting in storage in winter as long as it's been properly sealed. Read more tips for getting stored soil spring-ready.

Soil pH or soil reaction is an indication of the acidity or alkalinity of soil and is measured in pH units. Soil pH is defined as the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration. The pH scale ...