Lately, my gardening focus has shifted from the plants in my garden to its soil and subterranean inhabitants. Our soil is ...

Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

Illinois’s state soil is named after a musical instrument. What is it called? How long can a worker bee live? On average, one dairy cow produces how many gallons of milk per day? Almost 300 Lee ...

After nearly four decades, the world's longest-running soil warming experiment is revealing a surprising result: even "stable ...

Use a 1/2-inch (1.4-centimeter) screen if you intend to use your compost in potting mix or garden beds, and 1/4-inch (0.6 ...

Prolonged drought across much of the U.S. is the new normal. It's on track to get worse. Here's what federal scientists want ...

Palmyra Atoll, a remote, uninhabited speck of land, coral and sea halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, is one of the ...

Soil contamination with hazardous inorganic and organic compounds, including emerging pollutants, poses a serious threat to ecosystem functioning and ...

Gardeners love a good secret, especially one that turns waste into something wildly useful. Hidden in plain sight sits one of ...

Nanomaterials, due to their unique properties and widespread use, are increasingly found in various environmental compartments, including soil. Their small ...

Disruptions to the production and trade of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer have exposed the risks of American agriculture’s ...

Avi Flamholz leverages computational tools and microbial biochemistry to improve climate models and provide novel engineering ...