The topsoil organic carbon pool is at high risk in 43 to 83 million hectares of EU and UK agricultural land, primarily in ...

Currently, more than 82% of the state is experiencing some level of drought or abnormal dryness — up from around 63% three ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

Ancient rivers and lakes lie beneath Arabia’s harshest desert, revealing a lush, forgotten world once shaped by monsoons and ...

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Precise information about agricultural soils is key to managing them more efficiently and sustainably. Researchers at the ...

Fires and smoke foul the air. Toxins seep into the earth and water. Habitats for wildlife disappear. Experts call it ecocide.

The maps below illustrate soil moisture changes in 2003-07 and 2008-12 against a ... nor the ongoing “greening” of semi-arid regions – both of which “may contribute” to a further decline in soil ...

The losses in soil moisture — a result of the planet’s climate conditions and prolonged droughts — already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans.

Developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, during the first Trump administration, Earth MRI aims to comprehensively map the nation’s underground ... Lithium boron is found buried in the soils ...

A hotter atmosphere sucks up more water vapor from bodies of water and vegetation and soil. Over land, this atmospheric demand and loss of surface moisture leads to longer and more intense droughts, ...