Often overlooked, soil is one of our planet's largest living ecosystems and the foundation of our lives. It provides 95% of ...

With 60 harvests left to save the Earth's soils, an environmental advocate and a farmer share their thoughts on what must change. ... "The good news is that it does not have to be this way, ...

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One secret is what makes a really good home for those plants — the soil. As gardeners (and everyone can be a gardener), we can’t control a lot of what happens to our plants.

Researchers test how human hair can improve soil 04:54. Curly, wavy or straight, long or short, we tend to do a lot with our hair. It grows about half an inch a month.

The drop in soil moisture from 2000 to 2002 is interesting because it’s not well depicted in computer models depicting Earth’s past water storage, Wilson said.

Earth's soil moisture dropped by over 2,000 gigatons in roughly the last 20 years, the study says. For context, that's more than twice Greenland's ice loss from 2002 to 2006, the researchers noted.

Mr. Jabr is the author of “Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life.” When my partner and I bought our home in Portland, Ore., four years ago, we immediately began designing our dream ...