Lewis is developing sustainable soil solutions helping High Plains farmers build profitable resilient ag systems.

Be part of answering today’s biggest environmental questions with a soil science graduate degree from UW. UW’s soil science program is small enough to provide students with individual attention and ...

Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science ...

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Students in Soil Science 100 examining wet soil at UC Davis Russell Ranch, October 2016. A teaspoon of soil teems with billions of microbes that are vital to all life on Earth. UC Davis researchers ...

The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles of ...

What is needed for plants to grow? How might you select which plants would be best to reforest a desert? How long do you think it might take to go from a desert to a forest? What positive and negative ...

Soil and water conservationists work to discover, develop, implement, and constantly improve ways to use land that sustains its productive capacity, and enhances the environment at the same time.

Introduction Have you ever dug a hole in the soil and noticed earthworms wriggling out of your way? Not only are earthworms good for birds and fish to eat, but these little animals actually work hard ...

Introduction Have you ever noticed how much work it is to dig a hole in really hard soil? It's much easier to dig a hole in soft, loose soil. But why is that? Soil that is hard and dry is often ...

Agronomist, Agronomy Research Manager, Agronomy Specialist, Crop Nutrition Scientist, Microbiology Soil Scientist, Research Soil Scientist, Soil Classifier/Soil Scientist, Soil Fertility Extension ...

In the basic water cycle, water falls on the land in some type of precipitation (rain or snow). It either is soaked into the ground or runs off into a body of water – storm water or natural.