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Cases of valley fever are typically most prevalent in California’s Central Valley and southern Arizona, but they have been increasing in California’s central and southern coastal areas.
Seeds buried in the soil tell of fire in the landscape. I sampled soil from 57 sites that experienced different patterns of fire. Over 15 months, I watched 39,701 plants grow to learn their secrets.
Adding biochar to degraded soils boosts how much water soils can hold and help farmers survive droughts.
Half of Ethiopia’s territory is prone to medium to very high landslide risk.
The record-breaking and destructive forest fires of the summer of 2023 made headlines. But how did they affect the millions of lakes in the burned catchment areas?
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
Trees are supposed to grow faster as a result of increased CO₂ in the atmosphere - but this research suggests there are many exceptions to the rule.
My passion for earthworms and ecology led me to continuing Darwin’s experiments in his own ‘back garden’
And why earthworms are careful to select a mate of the same size as themselves.
When the soil ‘ceiling’ collapses, you end up with a hole exposing a cavity previously hidden underground.
Not all types of ground are the same and understanding how varied ground types react to environmental stresses is key to achieving true sustainability.
The last full moon of winter can illuminate earthworms in newly-thawed soil.
Rock dust is only part of the story of soil. Living creatures, many of them too tiny to see, keep that soil healthy for growing everything from food to forests.
The US Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the country. Gardeners should take note.
What does fire management do to soils? We compared prescribed burning to cultural burning and looked at how soil properties changed after fire. Cultural burning was better.
A new study shows how thawing permafrost and intensifying storms will change how water moves into and through Arctic rivers.
Synthetic chemicals found in ski wax have been found in the snow and soil on ski slopes and could pose a toxic threat to the environment.
New technology could unlock the soil-enriching nitrogen-fixing ability of legumes…and one day apply this to other crops too.
The health of our soils is poor – and getting worse. Here’s why that matters and what we can do about it
Top contributors
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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
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Professor of Soil Science, Lancaster University
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Professor of Digital Agriculture & Soil Science; Director, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney
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Reader in Ecology, University of Central Lancashire
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
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CGIAR System Organization
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Technical University of Munich
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Professor in Soil-Landscape Modelling, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Soil Systems Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Professor emeritus, Colorado State University
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Biology, Flinders University
