Over the last 3,800 years, agro-pastoral activities have accelerated alpine soil erosion at a pace four to 10 times faster ...

One of the best ways to test for compacted soil is to stick a shovel into the soil. Only try this method when the soil is ...

Beneath the surface lies a system as complex as any ecosystem. These 12 soil orders form the unseen foundation of life on ...

This paper is aimed at proposing a novel method for calculating the resistance-to-ground of three grounding-schemes under known applied-voltage. The schemes include a vertical rod(s), and ...

If you keep trying to grow food in your garden but nothing turns out right, there could be something wrong with the soil. Try ...

A new IAEA coordinated research project ( CRP D12015) will apply gamma-ray spectrometry and digital technologies such as drones, satellite imagery and advanced analytics for precise soil assessment to ...

This study aims to classify the level of agricultural soil fertility based on texture. This study proposes a new approach to categorizing soil fertility levels based on soil texture using the ...

Sun-loving blanket flowers are a beloved native wildflower abuzz with butterflies and native bees. Flowering spring through ...

For decades, scientists attributed the exceptional structure of tropical Ferralsols—their crumbly, porous texture that plants love—to simple ... the "fingerprints" of insect activity through soil ...

The layers can be made of synthetic materials (such as geosynthetic barriers), of natural materials, such as compacted soils, of mixtures of soil with other low permeability materials, or even a ...