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 ...

Charlene Janion-Scheepers receives funding from the National Research Foundation (South Africa). Although soils are vital for agriculture, biodiversity and clean water, this below-ground world is ...

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 ...

Explore how early American colonists learned soil stewardship the hard way. Discover the impacts of livestock, deforestation, ...