Your yard may exceed EPA’s new lead guidelines
A new study has found that almost a quarter of US households have soil exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency’s new lead guidelines.
Store-bought tulips could be deadly
The soil and flower bulbs you buy for gardening may contain deadly fungi. “People don’t think of tulips as deadly, but they could be.”
Biochar gives soil a healthy boost
Biochar shows promise for future soil health enhancement and maintenance, according to a new study.
Llamas can mitigate some of climate change’s harmful effects
“…llamas, when managed by Indigenous herders, are accelerating soil fertility and plant succession.”
Llamas can mitigate some of climate change’s harmful effects
“…llamas, when managed by Indigenous herders, are accelerating soil fertility and plant succession.”
Park soil can hold lead from past burned garbage
Municipal waste incinerators’ legacy of contamination could live on in urban soils, finds a study on lead in city parks.
To deal with drought stress, soil releases more volatile compounds
During drought, soils release more volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere, researchers report.
Microbes engineer rock-to-life cycle
“Think of it as Earth’s skin,” says Jon Chorover of the critical zone. “It’s sometimes termed the zone where rock meets life.”
How plants reroute their roots to avoid salt
New research pins down what happens in plants as they change the direction of their growing roots to avoid salty soil.
How plants reroute their roots to avoid salt
New research pins down what happens in plants as they change the direction of their growing roots to avoid salty soil.