Geology/Soil

Credit: Transforming Drainage URBANA, Ill. - Every summer, a "dead zone" forms in the Gulf of Mexico. Plumes of oxygen-robbing algae, fed by excess nitrogen coming in from the Mississippi River, kill off marine life and threaten the…
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Accurately predicting fracture mechanics can help industry optimize pumping, fracturing-fluid viscosity, other parametersCredit: Northwestern University A new computational model could potentially boost efficiencies and profits in natural…
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Credit: Kent State University Kent State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions About Global Change The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including Kent State University Assistant…
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Study shows how government promotes agricultural, environmental benefits -- and could do moreCredit: Rice University Even though every dollar spent on soil improvement can save much more in environmental costs down the road, startup costs…
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HKU's co-led study revealed: Termites mitigate effects of drought in Tropical RainforestCredit: @The University of Hong Kong Termites are commonly regarded as one of the most destructive insect pests, but in fact only 4% of the 3,000…
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San Francisco, January 8, 2019 - A pilot program to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian gold mining communities has brought extraordinary improvements to an area where hundreds of children had died from lead poisoning according to a study…
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Credit: Emily Purvis A recently completed research project led by University of Wyoming researchers allowed novel socio-economic analysis aimed at finding out if ecological infrastructure investments are feasible in various scenarios to…
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Researchers show that up to 15 million hectares of forest risk losing protection owing to a new clause in the law Up to 15 million hectares of tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon could lose protection and be clear-cut because of an…
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Mining operations in Appalachia permanently alter habitat availability for rattlesnakesCredit: Photo courtesy of Thomas Maigret. On the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Kentucky, surface coal mining is destroying ridgelines and mountaintops,…
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Nutrient, sediment runoff impacted differently over timeCredit: Carrie Ann Sharitt In the early 1990s, Acton Lake in southwestern Ohio had a muddy problem. Large amounts of sediment from nearby farms were entering the lake's watershed.…
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Credit: Daniel von Wangenheim New research has discovered how plant roots sense the availability of moisture in soil and then adapt their shape to optimise acquisition of water. The discovery could enable crops to be bred which are more…
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Credit: Greg Ellis/WVU MORGANTOWN, W. Va.-- The world's forests are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is currently causing them to grow faster. But a researcher at West Virginia University, along with an international team of…
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Terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to single introduced insect species Of the known alien (non-native) species found in Antarctica, a non-biting species of midge currently presents one of the highest risks to terrestrial ecosystems,…
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Team studying how tariffs affect food, water, energy in America's heartland A team of researchers who first proposed studying the effect a global trade war could have on the Midwest never imagined there would be an actual trade war…
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