The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January incinerated more than 16,000 structures and unleashed tons of toxic material into the air, water and soil. Many Pacific Palisades and Altadena ...

When you think of improving the soil, you may imagine planting cover crops or utilizing minimal tillage systems that allow microorganisms to thrive. And while these practices can help make the soil a ...

Less intensive farming works best for agricultural soil Maintaining or restoring healthy soil Date: April 25, 2025 Source: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Summary: The less ...

Angelenos are understandably worried about the toxins deposited by smoke and ash from the Eaton and Palisades urban wildfires in January, but after L.A. Times Plants tested soil around eight burn ...

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle. Combining data from satellites, sea level measurements and ...

is the salt content within the soil; the process of increasing the content of salt is known as salination. Salt is a natural element of water and soils. Salination can be a result of natural processes ...

soil salination in irrigated land that requires soil salinity control to reclaim the land, soil water logging in irrigated land which calls for some type of subsurface land drainage to remediate the ...

The quality and abundance of the crops were impacted because of land salination and the fact that the agricultural drainage wells were either out of service or damaged due to the war. Tainted by ...

Our planet’s survival depends on the precious link with soil. Over 95 percent of our food comes from soils. Besides, they supply 15 of the 18 naturally occurring chemical elements essential to ...

Due to rising sea levels, rice farmers in Dreketi were losing their crops to salination despite good soil, water and high demand. This was highlighted by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for ...

Extended dry seasons lead to groundwater depletion, high evaporation rates and increased soil salination. In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported that 33 ...

“We came back to Deir ez-Zour after the war ended to find that salt has degraded the soil in our land. Salination turned our farmland into a wasteland,” Raneem explained. This situation forced the ...