We depend on soil for food, fiber and medicine. Soil acts as an engineering medium, a habitat for soil organisms, a recycling ...

By looking at how it is represented in works of fiction, we can try to understand how we relate to soil. And through soil, ...

Amidst the pungent, half decomposed pile at my feet writhed a mass of life. Countless gnats whirled about, a Devil’s Coachman Beetle scurried to cover, and small, indeterminate grubs wriggled ...

all the existing soil needed was a good layer of mulch the first year. About 70 percent of the average prairie plant’s living ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says the Batagaika crater in Siberia expands 35 million cubic feet yearly due to thawing ...

Made from faux Martian and lunar soil, a new sulfur-based compound could also lead to faster construction on Earth.

Cryospheric science is the interdisciplinary study of permafrost, snow and ice, primarily on the surface of the Earth ... are decoupled from soil moisture in the active layer of permafrost ...

Farming remains one of the oldest professions in human civilisation. The profession has evolved through modern farming tools ...

Camp Century, a Cold War-era military base built in 1959, was recently rediscovered buried beneath Greenland's ice sheet.

This article explores key pieces of construction equipment and their specific roles in enhancing efficiency and project ...

Using a mix of China's Zhurong Mars rover's onboard instruments, scientists identified several intriguing water-related features.

Topdressing is commonly used to improve soil quality, promote healthy grass growth, level uneven surfaces, enhance drainage ...