Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural ...

Be part of answering today’s biggest environmental questions with a soil science graduate degree from UW. UW’s soil science program is small enough to provide students with individual attention and ...

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A centuries-old concept in soil science has recently been thrown out. Yet it remains a key ingredient in everything from climate models to advanced carbon-capture projects. The hope was that the soil ...

What is needed for plants to grow? How might you select which plants would be best to reforest a desert? How long do you think it might take to go from a desert to a forest? What positive and negative ...

A tablespoon of soil contains billions of microscopic organisms. Life on Earth, especially the growing of food, depends on these microbes, but scientists don't even have names for most of them, much ...

With soils rich for cultivation, most land in the Midwestern United States has been converted from tallgrass prairie to agricultural fields. Less than 0.1 percent of the original prairie remains. This ...

Geologists in California and Wyoming use unique palettes to teach science Art Meets Science Becca Dzombak Soil samples collected throughout the western United States show the wide variety of minerals ...

The soil and water science project teaches youth about soil, water, and environmental stewardship . Learn about soil and water quality, how they interact, and how we can protect and preserve them.

Bacteria and other microorganisms are abundant throughout soils and deep into the ground and serve an essential role in the global ecosystem through various biochemical processes, particularly ...