A global study has revealed that mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) serves as the most stable long-term reservoir of ...

From sugar plantations in Brazil to tea estates in India, crushed rock is being sprinkled across large stretches of farmland ...

The Barrow Coastal Erosion Project calls for over 100,000 tons of armor rock to be placed along 5 miles of the North Slope ...

Bulbs are an easy way of adding colour to a rock garden through most of the year and will thrive in the free-draining soil ...

Soil, that layer of organic material and crushed-up rock that covers much of the terrestrial earth like a chocolate coating, contains about 2,500 billion metric tons of carbon.

Earthquakes can be like Jell-O. A simple, yet often used analogy is that if you’re sitting in a valley or basin it acts like a bowl of Jell-O and it will shake more than surrounding rock. But ...

Illinois’ soil conservation funding stagnates amid recent high-profile dust storms Posted June 28, 2025 4:00 am By Jade Aubrey and UIS Public Affairs Reporting ...

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Earth’s critical zone, extending from trees on the surface down to soil 700 feet underground, is home to several chemical and biological processes that uphold ecosystems.Microbes are among the most ...

Soil salvaged during construction at Rockford’s Bell Bowl Prairie is once again sprouting rare flowers ... After environmentalists lost their high-profile battle to reroute the road in ...

Soil is made up of particles known as sand, silt, and clay, plus a small portion of organic matter.These particles are classified by size, with sand being the largest and silt being the smallest. In ...

The graduate program in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics encompasses a broad spectrum of topics focused on the behavior of soil, rock, geosynthetics, and other porous media. Emphasis is ...