Planted forests in China hold more viable buried seeds than natural forests. Soil nitrogen boosts seed density in plantations.

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After the Palisades and Eaton fires scorched entire neighborhoods, the Army Corps of Engineers set up operations to recycle ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

Here’s what you should know about recycling your morning cup—plus, if you should really be using coffee grounds for plants.

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The Schafbreite site, located within the western German town of Delbrück, has been settled since the first century A.D. The ...

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Climate and weather can also vary across the farm. A sunny day can shift to rain and thunderstorms a few miles up or down the road. “The weather in Missouri can change multiple times a day even,” Ryan ...

Troy said that geology plays a big part of why flash floods can turn so deadly.

Things to do in the garden this week. Flowers: (Salvia canariensis) is the most robust of the ornamental sages. It grows to a height of eight feet with an even wider girth, and may persist in the ...