Rock minerals are important for soil and plant health. I've often told folks that any kind of rock that's different from the native rock will help. The main rock minerals I use myself and recommend to ...

The capacity of soil to regulate the terrestrial freshwater supply is a fundamental ecosystem service. Water percolating through soil is filtered, stored for plant utilization, and redistributed ...

When Karl von Terzaghi applied the effective stress principle in the soil mechanics theory, the strength and volumetric behavior of saturated soils could be clearly understood and general constitutive ...

A study across the East Midlands comparing the effects of zero-till and ploughing on soil structure has revealed how porosity and carbon accumulation evolves differently according to cultivation ...

The Anasazi, a once-flourishing tribe in the American Southwest, lived on bounties of corn, squash and beans. In 1276 A.D., however, a long, unforgiving drought made agriculture untenable, forcing ...