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 ...

A new study published in Biochar reveals that biochar, a carbon rich soil amendment widely used to improve soil health and reduce pollution, continues to influence the movement of veterinary ...

Tropical forests exchange more CO2 with the atmosphere than any other terrestrial biome, meaning that even a relatively small shift in the balance of carbon uptake and release there could have a big ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...