Over millions of years, wind and water gradually weather rocks, breaking them down into smaller particles that help form soil. That silty sand in your yard may have once been part of a towering ...

Both extremes in soil have their advantages and shortcomings. These soils act the way they do mostly because of the size of the particles that make them up. Sand particles are relatively large (by ...

Soil is a huge carbon sink, but intensive agriculture has degraded its ability to store emissions. The startup Loam Bio wants to use fungi to boost soil health and help keep carbon in the ground. This ...

By now, you probably know what kind of soil you have out there in your "back 40." If planting that rose bush brought up wads of gummy goo, you know to call it clay. If instead you scooped up gritty ...

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