ImpactsKirill Ignatyev/Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Fungi could be helping old-growth trees survive climate change In climate-addled places, mats of mycelium may make all the difference for the trees they live alongside.
ImpactsPatrick Dalton/Flickr Heat waves in the ground are getting more extreme The atmosphere is rapidly warming, but the soil is also prone to heat waves. Scientists are racing to understand the consequences.
NewsletterPatrick Dalton/Flickr Heat waves in the ground are getting more extreme The atmosphere is rapidly warming, but the soil is also prone to heat waves. Scientists are racing to understand the consequences.
PoliticsPEC/Flickr Protecting the water while harvesting sunshine Researchers say stormwater from solar fields needs careful management.
ImpactsTjflex2/ Flickr WATCH: Human Elements: What we can learn from the canopy soils of the Olympic rainforest Koreana Mafune studies the rich diversity of canopy soils in the tops of old growth forests in the Olympic rainforest.
Resilience Carbon markets stand to reward 'no-till' farmers. But most are still tilling the soil Most farmers who follow ‘no-till’ practices are only reducing their tilling—which may cancel out the climate and soil-health benefits that have spurred the no-till hype.
Solutions Is the way cattle are grazed the key to saving America's threatened prairies? An unlikely alliance of cattlemen and conservationists is working to preserve biodiversity on grassland in Oregon.
As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley