Earth has undergone incredible transformations over its 4.5 billion-year history,but what will it look like 1 billion years from now? By this time, the Sun will have grown significantly brighter, ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Dahlias will suffer in consistently wet earth, so make sure you set them up in ideal conditions, and not alongside these ...

A study led by the UAB and the CREAF shows that the loss of nitrogen from Arctic soil not only deprives plants of a vital ...

The earth is mixed with turmeric, yoghurt and milk, as well as neem tree leaves and oil, before it is ploughed and smoothened across the ring. For the wrestlers, the soil is sacred.

Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India. Indranil MUKHERJEE/AFP "When we fight, we sweat," said ...

This modeling is based on the Natural Resources Conservation Service protocols for soils testing. What the team is ultimately looking to see is improvement in the soil’s ability to sequester carbon.

The dull brown colour of soil in our mind’s eye obscures a rich and broad colour palette: often it burns with deep reds from iron oxides, glows golden with sulphur, is drenched in waterlogged greens, ...