With its antenna now spinning at full speed, NASA’s new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory has successfully re-tested its science instruments and generated its first global maps, a key ...

Scientists classify soil based on factors such as mineral content, texture, drainage capacity, and fertility. Globally, the 7 most common types of soil form the basis of farming and ecosystem balance: ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A University at Buffalo professor has devised an ingenious way to more quickly test soil in farm fields to make detailed maps of differing soil types. Those maps can then be used to ...

MOROGORO: EXPERTS collecting soil samples across the country convened for a workshop aimed at strengthening best sampling practices to support the development of a digital Soil Health Map that will ...

Follow these steps to determine what is the percentage of area of your property that falls into each Hydrologic Soils Group. If you are struggling with this section, you can use the deafult values ...

Nairobi, Kenya (13 January 2009)—Responding to sub-Saharan Africa's soil health crisis, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) announced today an ambitious new effort to produce the ...

Nanoplastics are an increasing threat to the ecosystem; however, their mobility in the soil is still underexplored. Against this backdrop, researchers investigated the adsorption and aggregation ...

Soil is the foundation of life on Earth and holds huge importance for agriculture. In addition to this, every other sector, like construction, also relies on different soil types to function ...