Soil loss presents a critical global challenge, degrading ecosystems and impacting the sustainability of human society. Human ...

Runoff concerns, combined with “Waters of the United States” expansion are raising new questions regarding soil conservation. Whether related to Lake Erie, Des Moines Water Works or the Gulf ...

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...

French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson said he felt claims in Marshall about mud and sludge from Tropical Storm Helene were ...

When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...

Soil invertebrates provide essential ecosystem benefits like cycling nutrients that plants need to grow, decomposing dead plants and animals so they can nourish new life, and regulating pests and ...

The increasing human population is placing greater pressure on soil and water resources and threatening our ability to produce sufficient food, feed, and fiber. As a result, there is a growing ...

Soil fertility is the ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield. This can be enhanced through organic and inorganic fertilizers to the soil. Nuclear techniques provide data that ...

The latest results from Hot Springs, Asheville and other parts of the watershed are in, according to the French Broad ...

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...

Soil is important to each of us in our everyday lives, but too often we think about it as just dirt! Soil is the special link between plants and humans. It feeds us, captures carbon and provides a ...