What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But ...

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball, about ...

There was the idea that first simmered in the minds and hearts of nature champions around Southern California and beyond ...

Brown earth soils are widespread in Britain ... The original vegetation was deciduous forest, resulting in a layer of decaying leaves giving a rich humus. The deep roots of these trees reached ...

The layer acts as a skin for the Earth, protecting landscapes and reducing ... Biocrust, also called cryptobiotic soil, is a "community of tiny, dirt-dwelling organisms that form a distinct ...

Construction crews began placing the first layers of soil over the surface of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the ...