Cheap volcanic rock that languishes in open-cut mines and quarries could transform Australia's farming sector as a natural ...

Melting glaciers in Greenland are unleashing hidden methane and shifting soils from carbon sinks to warming sources.

Over three billion people currently suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, despite apparent caloric sufficiency in food ...

Learn about the processes of weathering and erosion and how it influences our planet.

I would like to introduce the 11th soil order, the ultisols. Ultisols (from Latin ultimus, for “last”) are generally formed from fairly intense weathering processes. During the intense ...

Most people don’t think about it until it becomes a necessity or a problem, but dirt and soil are important parts of all of ...

It wasn't long before they started pulling up landscaping fabric and an odd material that had them searching for answers.  ...

They could zoom out and look at observations of weathering in parcels of soil. They could zoom out further and find studies examining how weathering worked over entire river systems.

You moved to a new home and plants don't seem to grow, or your existing gardens are no longer lush and productive. The ...

Five people died in Central Texas floods in October, and then the rain kept coming for the next two months. Catastrophic ...

Photography courtesy of Chris Rauch Rauch is one of many farmers taking a chance on a new process called Enhanced Rock Weathering, or ERW. Startup companies across the country are bringing crushed ...