The Soil Texture Triangle identifies the textural class of a soil at the ... It displays an estimate of the degree to which agriculture may affect nutrient levels in surface and groundwater. The ...

Plant growth depends on soil type because the type of soil controls the water, air and nutrients that are available to the ...

Urban soils are essential to building sustainable cities — from supporting green infrastructure and food production to ...

Traditional ways of fostering soil health have never completely gone away and are on the upswing. According to recent United States Department of Agriculture data, about 37% of U.S. cropland is ...

the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was cancelling the Climate Smart Commodities Program — a $3 billion effort to fund projects across the country to improve soil health, sequester ...

We have excellent teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of plant biology (cellular, genetics, genomics, microbial, molecular and physiology), agronomy (including pathology, soil ...

Hugh Hammond Bennett, a soil scientist with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, took on the challenge shortly after and became regarded as the father of soil conservation. By the mid-1920s ...

May 13, 2025 — A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than ... Tapping a New ...

May 8, 2025 — A new study of the 28 most populous U.S. cities finds that all are sinking to one degree or another. The cities include not just those on the coasts, where relative sea level is a ...