It is commonly assumed that tiny particles just go with the flow as they make their way through soil, biological tissue, and ...

Soil compaction can bring with it serious consequences when trying to grow anything green. In fact, it can be almost ...

New research shows that wind carries microplastics from wastewater at far higher levels than scientists initially thought. As the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering rep orted, the microplastics ...

Salts are compounds formed when positively charged cations such as sodium (Na⁺), calcium (Ca²⁺), magnesium (Mg²⁺) and potassium (K⁺) combine with negatively ...

Soil contaminated with harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is difficult to clean, a complete remediation is often not possible. Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...

Current techniques for measuring nano/microplastic (N/MP) concentrations in soil require the soil organic matter content to be separated and have limited resolution for analyzing N/MPs sized <1 m.

Before you fill your next container, consider if you should sterilize the potting soil first.

Associate Professor in Ecological Genetics, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth A report by the UK government’s Environment Agency in 2019 estimated that 17% of soils in ...

Black Soil is known as Regur soil. It is a highly fertile, clayey type soil which is primarily found in the Deccan Trap region of India and renowned for its moisture-retention capacity and its ...