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Soils lose moisture quickly during droughts because the molecular interactions that help retain water are not fully understood. Understanding this mechanism can help engineer soils to better preserve ...

Over time, garden soil loses vitality due to planting and weather, leading to nutrient depletion and compaction. Refreshing ...

You've seen brown or black soil in your garden, but what about red, white, or even green? Here's what you can learn from the ...

Researchers are paying close attention to how fertilizers change tiny features within soil where carbon can be stored ...

Gloved hands mixing potting soil in a black bin - Simol1407/Shutterstock Have you experienced sticker shock recently when buying potting soil for your container vegetables? Like many products these ...

The data Prairie farmers get from chemical analysis of soils are necessary to develop a field fertility program — but as an ...

Researchers discovered that microbes respire three times as much CO2 from lignin carbons compared to cellulose carbons. When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two ...

From lifelong farmers to backyard gardeners, most plant-lovers know that adding organic matter to a field, vegetable plot or flowerpot increases the soil’s moisture. Now, for the first time, ...