The integration of bioinformatics, machine learning and multi-omics has transformed soil science, providing powerful tools to ...

“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...

What is needed for plants to grow? How might you select which plants would be best to reforest a desert? How long do you think it might take to go from a desert to a forest? What positive and negative ...

A centuries-old concept in soil science has recently been thrown out. Yet it remains a key ingredient in everything from climate models to advanced carbon-capture projects. The hope was that the soil ...

Charlene Janion-Scheepers receives funding from the National Research Foundation (South Africa). Although soils are vital for agriculture, biodiversity and clean water, this below-ground world is ...