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

"Seeding has many benefits," says Lanier. Because the soil is exposed, the seed has a better chance of contacting soil. Also, ...

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 ...

The voyage participants went ashore for the first time in the Russkaya Harbor Bay on Novaya Zemlya's Severny Island, the expedition leader Alexander Saburov told TASS from aboard the Professor ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grass can crowd out your flowers, reducing their airflow and increasing their risk for disease. To remove grass from your ...

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

The flooding in Texas has a few different factors involved in the deadly flash flooding that occurred over the weekend.

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