But scientists are taking steps toward making moon agriculture a real possibility. Researchers said on Thursday they have found a way to turn inhospitable lunar soil fertile by introducing ...

The half-hour journey takes you through forests full of giant trees rising from the fertile volcanic soil. But then, ... Hot vapours rise from the cracks in the vegetation-free volcanic rock.

A volcanic legacy. After floods deposited all that soil into western Oregon, a new layer of geologic inputs would arrive to alter the region’s soil: tephra — the rocks, ash and clumps of lava ...

In the heart of France’s Massif Central, from the slopes of the Cantal mountains to the pastures of the Aubrac plateau, the volcanic soil has given rise to a breathtaking floral landscape ...