Researchers have recently proven that common soil bacteria can use light captured earlier in the day to power chemical work ...

A collaboration between scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Greifswald in ...

Marriage of the mineral world and the organic world: Introduction: How soil forms from rocks and weather -- Plant roots and their bacterial partners -- Plant roots and their fungal partners -- Where ...

But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not ...

Construction crews working on Toronto’s massive waterfront revitalization project have uncovered a stunning ecological ...

AS PROMISED LAST week, today we will discuss why organic matter “is the miracle drug of gardening.” The lack of sufficient organic material is no laughing matter when it comes to your soil’s tilth and ...

Early results from the first-ever "wet" chemical analysis of the surface soil of Mars show the planet harbors many of the nutrients needed for life and none of the acidity that some feared would make ...

Modern farming habits boosting yields today may quietly strip soils of their resilience, threatening long-term fertility and ...

SINCE WE TALKED extensively about you growing your own award-winning vegetables, we should certainly talk about how your soil will impact their growth. With April in full swing, you should be planting ...