One-third of the Earth's land surface is already degraded. The UN estimates that more than 2.6 billion people are harmed by ...

It’s an ancient, invisible handshake between microbe and plant that sustains life on Earth. Soil isn’t just a place ... almost like a family lending a helping hand. This cooperation creates ...

The amount of water stored on lands across Earth’s continents has declined at such staggering levels that changes are likely irreversible while humans are alive, a study published Thursday found.

A hand checking soil on the ground at a vegetable ... but 33 percent of the Earth's soils are already degraded, and 90 percent could become degraded by 2050." The book presented a plethora of ...

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.

The variety of mammals living in soil is, by comparison, quite limited. Only 3.8% of mammal species are associated with this habitat. On the other hand, 85% of plants have their roots buried in ...

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. One well-known computer model ...

Earth’s Storage of Water in Soil, Lakes and Rivers Is Dwindling. and It’s Especially Bad for Farming University of Melbourne hydrology professor Dongryeol Ryu and his collaborator Ki-Weon Seo ...