Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Abstract: In recent years, there has been a notable increase in research activity concerning the remediation of soil using nonthermal plasmas (NTPs), as well as the study of discharges in soil. In ...

Soils come in many different colors, described by hue, value, and chroma (Munsell color system). Using the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) online Web Soil Survey (WSS) to discover the ...

Every year, the world loses billions of tonnes of topsoil to overgrazing, deforestation, pollution and other threats. That, say experts, is a worrying trend. Soil supports the vast majority of the ...

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 ...