Earth's soil contains roughly twice as much CO2 as Earth's atmosphere — and it's escaping faster and faster. Credit: Getty You know it's hot out there when even the soil is hyperventilating.

NASA satellite set to get the dirt on Earth's soil moisture. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 8, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 01 / 150116145445.htm. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Earth is running out of, well, earth. Scientists say that our planet will run out of topsoil in just 60 years – and since we can’t live without dirt, soil erosion is looming as the bigg… ...

It's easy to overlook the soil beneath our feet, or to think of it as just dirt to be cleaned up. But soil wraps the world in an envelope of life: It grows our food, regulates our climate, and ...

Few do a better job of describing the state of our dirt than “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations,” by David R. Montgomery, a professor of earth and space sciences at the University of ...

NASA launched its newest Earth-observing mission Saturday (Jan. 31), sending a satellite to the ultimate height to study the dirt below our feet. The space agency's new Soil Moisture Active ...

Soil microbes are the unsung engineers of our planet, weaving the fabric of life with every breath and every step. Our future depends on their survival, and their fate is, in many ways, in our hands.

Mr. Jabr is the author of “Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life.” When my partner and I bought our home in Portland, Ore., four years ago, we immediately began designing our dream ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 11 touched down on the moon’s rocky surface and scooped up vials of lunar soil, scientists have announced that they’ve kept the mission alive in a fresh way.