Tag: Geology/Soil

When consumed in contaminated water, the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium can cause symptoms of stomach cramps, diarrhea and fever. Now, researchers ...

Remote communities in the Peruvian Andes depend on the water from melting glaciers and mountain ecosystems to provide them with ...

Discovering the Arctic Ocean's seafloorsCredit: José Luis Casamor (GRC Marine Geosciences/University of Barcelona) A scientific study describes for the first ...

Credit: McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Antarctica is a nearly uninhabited, ice-covered continent ravaged by cold, windy, and dry conditions. Virginia ...

Gardens are highlighted by USDA Climate HubsCredit: UMass Amherst To educate and inspire people about how to farm and garden ...

A young researcher at EPFL has demonstrated that the viscosity of fluids present in faults has a direct effect on ...

Credit: ©The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (March 2019)--Phosphorus is crucial for plant growth--with it, plants can acquire, transfer, ...

Responsible miningCredit: UT Arlington Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a way of life for many small towns in Colombia ...

New insights emerge on what drives long-term climatic trends For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on ...

Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Researchers have examined a method to extract rare-earth elements from mining waste that could provide the ...

Ecological transformation in the wake of the 'Great Dying' moves scientists closer to understanding the nature of recoveryCredit: © 2019 ...

Credit: University of Plymouth/Real World Visuals Every year, 1.4 billion mobile phones are produced around the world. Many of us ...

Carrying foodCredit: UT Arlington Small- and mid-scale farmers and ranchers in Texas often face challenges in getting their products to ...

Credit: Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (March 13, 2019) -- NASA officials say that some rare ...

Study explores little-understood effects of soil exposure on subterranean coloniesCredit: Jesse Wallace, College of LAS at the University of Illinois ...

Professor Stefan Williams has been recognized by the IEEECredit: Lachlan Toohey/University of Sydney With a career focused on robotics and ...

Geologic and paleontological evidence unearthed in southern Chile supports the theory that a major cosmic impact event occurred approximately 12,800 ...

Intercropping with grasses is an effective and sustainable alternative to chemical treatments for maximizing blueberry yield and antioxidant content in ...

Credit: Ian Ware/University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A new study published in Global Change Biology and coauthored by researchers from UT, ...

Credit: Professor Brian Pratt, University of Saskatchewan Prehistoric worms populated the sea bed 500 million years ago--evidence that life was ...