Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems, playing a vital role in climate regulation and ecosystem sustainability. SOC accumulation involves two fundamental ...

New research provides critical insights into optimizing biochar application for enhancing crop yields and reducing soil salinity in challenged agricultural lands. The team systematically analyzed data ...

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from residential properties: ...

Anxious about the rueful state of his peas, radishes and onions, Rod Marquardt arrived at the University of Minnesota’s soil testing laboratory with two lunch bag-sized containers of dirt. “We’re just ...