The soil beneath our feet may look dull, but it is essential to all life on the planet. You might be amazed at what soil is ...

The bulk of the soil solid fraction is constituted by soil minerals, which exert significant direct and indirect influences on the supply and availability of most nutrient elements. The main ...

Soil is a living, diverse, and complex ecosystem that contains nutrients for plant growth. Dirt is a mix of sand, silt, and ...

NASA’s Artemis program, aimed at establishing a permanent moon base, relies on understanding lunar soil to use it as a ...

“Soil is everything.” Minerals, organic materials, air and water blend together to create soil. Having the right balance in ...

Salts are natural components of soil, surface, and groundwater. They are ionic mineral compounds, which means they bonded by electrostatic attractions between cations (+ charge) and anions (- charge).

The effect of soil pH is great on the solubility of minerals or nutrients. Fourteen of the seventeen essential plant nutrients are obtained from the soil. Before a nutrient can be used by plants it ...

Autumn beauty can sure leave a mess behind! For many people the love of the seasonal aesthetic is lessened by the work ...

Peatlands, formed by ancient wetlands, store more carbon than the world's forests. But when they're drained for farming, they ...