What goes on in this zone, known as “Earth’s Critical Zone,” helps regulate essential processes like water purification, soil formation, and nutrient cycling. Despite how vital it is, scientists still ...

“This zone supports most life on the planet as it regulates essential processes like soil formation, water cycling and nutrient cycling, which are vital for food production, water quality and ...

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 ...

The losses in soil moisture — a result of the planet’s climate conditions and prolonged droughts — already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans.

Health authorities are on alert after the recent deaths of seven people from soil-borne disease melioidosis in North Queensland. Hospitals in Townsville and Cairns are seeing a range of problems ...

Nevertheless, the underlying mechanism responsible for their formation remains elusive. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanism of soil discharges and the formation of dark space ...

Soil erosion can be a serious problem, especially in large, sloped yards or areas that get a lot of water runoff. Heavy rains, snowmelt, flooding, winds, and extreme wet/dry cycles can loosen and ...

Hans Jenny (1899-1992) was a soils teacher at UC Berkeley, a pedologist. He distilled the factors that drive soil formation into an equation signified as CLORPT. The CLimate, Organisms, Relief, Parent ...