Understanding the relationship between plasticity of muddy soil and earth pressure can be crucial to maintaining tunnel stability and predicting ground behavior during earth pressure balance (EPB) ...

Most questions I’m getting now revolve around irrigating landscape trees. I think my message about planting in wet soil and keeping plant roots wet during planting has gotten through to most people.

SAN ANTONIO – Fresh rain finally hit San Antonio, but that water can cause your home to shift under the muddy soil. Foundation experts say the soil under your house is like a sponge. After the summer ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The ground is wet, the trees are heavy from snow, and the wind will be whipping. It’s the perfect scenario for power outages. The wet, muddy soil soaked by the latest batch of snow is ...

I’ve blogged many times in the past about the merits of growing winter rye for improving garden soil. Winter rye, also called cereal rye, is the grain that is used for making rye bread. Ryegrass ...

It's one of those days where the rain mixes with snow and the wind sends it sideways. The downpour makes the mud bubble like a black bean soup. But as Jerry White, the Spokane Riverkeeper, steps out ...

Infrastructures often suffer severe damage due to geotechnical hazards of both natural kinds such as floods or earthquakes and man-made ones like underground construction work and excavations. The ...