New research has looked into the potential effects of increased rainfall in regions being earmarked for expansion of temperate rainforests. Amid global calls for more trees to be planted as part of ...

It’s been feast or famine for soils here in the ArkLaTex, where one day we’re in a drought and the next day it’s flooding. Dr. Patrick Colyer, a professor with the LSU AgCenter’s Red River Research ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — As Utah's snow melts, hydrologists say a lot of water is running into the ground. In many ways, that process – known as soil saturation – is normal and good. But if it happens ...

A gorgeous garden demands more than sunshine, fertilizer, and a weekend with a shovel. Water controls everything beneath the surface. When that water lingers too long, roots suffocate, soil structure ...

Soils have a natural characteristic called the cation exchange capacity (CEC) that allows them to hold (and exchange) cations (e.g., Ca+2 or Na+). These cations are held tight enough on the CEC that ...

I'm sure you've noticed that it has been raining a lot. In fact, this is wettest I remember seeing the ground, causing super saturation. There's nothing we can do about the rain, but there are some ...

PUTNEY — Soil that was saturated with heating oil that leaked from a Soundview Paper Co. tank and containment vault was excavated Wednesday. Michael Nucci, a spill manager from the Vermont Department ...

The saturated soil conditions predicted to result from increased rainfall in the UK’s upland regions could have a knock-on effect on the ambition to create more woodland in the fight against climate ...