Conservationists in England are collecting cores of soil from an ancient woodland… so they can transplant them into a newly established site. The goal is to reintroduce missing fungi species in the ...

Local ranchers are hoping a soil health experiment will reveal clues about how they can better manage their land under dry conditions as the Colorado River basin continues to struggle under the ...

Warming is drying out forest soils and unexpectedly slowing nitrogen emissions, reshaping how these ecosystems respond to a ...

If all goes according to plan, soil from Prosser, Washington, could end up in space this week. The soil – and eight types of bacteria in the soil – will hitch a ride to the International Space Station ...

Ecologists have measured plant-soil feedbacks for six perennial prairie grass species in a short-term greenhouse study, and say their findings do not match outcomes observed in long-term experiment ...

Plants absorb not only nutrients but also toxic metals such as cadmium through their roots. It was previously unclear whether ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts. Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in the harsh moon ...

American Farmland Trust piloted a hands-on curriculum in Kansas and Ohio -- guided by an advisory committee of educators and soil health experts.

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My granddaughters came to the Arboretum in late summer to plant the underwear. Six brand new pairs of men’s tighty-whity all cotton briefs placed in six nursery buckets of various soils, and the ...