Jessica Atkin’s team proved chard, radishes, and dwarf tomatoes can grow in lunar soil with added light and water, cutting food-shipping costs—critical for lon…

The Mexico national team is enjoying a strong moment at the World Cup on home soil, as in addition to being close to earning nine points in the group stage for…

A new study from Caltech demonstrates that soil bacteria can adapt under stress, particularly when a key nutrient, phosphorus, is running low in their environm…

Fungi are key constituents of the soil microbial community, playing a major role in moving carbon and energy through the soil food web. A recent analysis carri…

How viruses may reshape the body’s ‘soil’ to promote cancer growth Everyday viral infections may be quietly reshaping the body’s network of molecules that sup…

Soils that are exposed to prolonged drought often develop desiccation cracks, which impact soil properties and exacerbate moisture loss through evapotranspirat…

Researchers have developed a simpler, more cost-effective method to measure a biologically important form of phosphorus in soils, providing new insights into n…

Communities around the world have adapted to live on the year-round frozen soil of frigid environments, such as in the Arctic. However, rising temperatures hav…

There’s been something sinister afoot in provincial France in recent years. Inbred eccentrics and bumbling detectives have populated the seaside villages of Br…

A comparative modeling study of two Brazilian rain catchments suggests that climate change will have contrasting effects on future soil erosion in the Amazon a…

At first glance, it looks like a simple calculation. The state offers compensation. The climate demands action. Low-lying soils must be restored as wetlands. Y…