Researchers have discovered that miR319a, a microRNA, significantly enhances poplar trees' resilience to salt stress, ...

but it can help improve your soil if it's sodic. How do you know if your soil is sodic? Sodic soil is characterized by very ...

A saline nasal spray is a mixture of sterile water and 0.9% sodium chloride (salt) that you can spray up your nostrils to flush out pollen, dust, and other allergens from your nasal passages (the ...

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 compaction might not seem like the most exciting topic, but the proper completion of this step is essential. If soil compaction is not performed adequately, settlement of the soil could occur ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage. Aa Aa ...

Antwis, Rachael E. Beresford, Nicholas A. Jackson, Joseph A. Fawkes, Ross Barnett, Catherine L. Potter, Elaine Walker, Lee Gaschak, Sergey and Wood, Michael D. 2021. Impacts of radiation exposure on ...

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 ...