(Beyond Pesticides, November 20, 2024) The perpetual use of pesticide coated seeds and tillage changed the composition of various beetle, spider, and other epigeal arthropod communities on New ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 1, 2024) In a study published earlier this year in Soil Science Society of America Journal, researchers at Kansas State University document direct evidence that organic ...

World Soil Day 2024 is right around the corner. The Dec. 5 internation day is to celebrate the importance of healthy soil and advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. The theme for ...

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published today in Oryx, warns that over 40% of more than 8,500 soil ...

In a recent review published in the journal Frontiers in Soil Science, researchers attempt to define the term 'soil health' and elucidate the need for research and policy implementations to improve it ...

When gardening from year to year, one of the most important preparatory tasks for the growing season is soil management and ...

Small seedlings grow in the newly cultivated soil. Italy. Europe. (Photo by: Daniele Orsi/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) There is a rapidly accelerating global call to protect ...

Our planet’s survival depends on the precious link between soil and water. Over 95 percent of our food originates from these two fundamental resources. Soil water, vital for nutrient absorption by ...

CHICO — When it comes to one of the most important substances in our human existence, two Chico State professors and their students are using a new exhibition to provide visitors with “the dirt” on ...

Biofuels are a key component of a clean energy future, and it turns out that the soil is more important than the crop. As an Earth scientist, I was pleased to see it was the soil. I shouldn’t have ...