A thin layer found in the top few centimeters of soil plays a big role in its ecology. Biocrust is built, maintained and ...

Most people don’t think about it until it becomes a necessity or a problem, but dirt and soil are important parts of all of ...

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

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

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

Several factors, both meteorological and geographical, created a nightmare recipe for flash flooding across the Texas Hill ...

There’s more to dirt than just “sand” or “clay.” Soil taxonomy breaks down the layers, types, and quirks of the ground ...

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 ...

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.

Conventional mulch films are often plastic-based or made from non-renewable and toxic materials. In a recent Research article, a team from China introduced a novel biodegradable liquid mulch film ...

Landscape fabric may sound like a neat, tidy and easy solution to all your weeding woes, but, as often is the case, if it ...