MADISON, WI MARCH 18, 2011 – Research has documented the rise of nutrient runoff from flat agricultural fields with high rates of precipitation that adds nitrates and phosphates to waterways. These ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Understanding the texture of your garden soil is crucial for successful planting and gardening. Soil texture affects water retention, drainage, aeration, and nutrient ...

Oklahoma Conservation Commission Soil Scientist Greg Scott holds healthy soil that absorbed two inches of simulated rainfall, during the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources ...

DALLAS (SMU) – Soil moisture content is the main factor that controls how far and at what concentration natural gas spreads from a leaked pipeline underground, a new study has found. “We don’t need to ...

Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being ...

In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect, designed to help curb mercury emissions and limit exposure across the globe. However, a new study of mercury levels in soil suggests that ...

Researchers explore how acetic acid bacteria shapes emergent properties of sourdough, with implications across complex microbial systems. When millions of people went into lockdown during the pandemic ...

The team developed a non-parametric, model-free approach to quantify memory in complex systems such as soil, oceans, and atmosphere ...