Biochar is widely promoted as a climate friendly soil amendment that can store carbon and improve crop growth. Yet scientists have long debated whether it always benefits soil ecosystems. A new study ...

The Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners welcomes environmental educator and biologist Lizzy Small on “From Soil to Songbirds: The Science Behind Native Plant Success” at the March 17 meeting at the ...

In 2016, Kennesaw State University researcher Daniel Ferreira traveled to Japan to study radioactive contaminants in farmland soil, five years after the tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ...

Composting turns organic waste into nutrient-rich material, but improper temperature and moisture control can allow pathogens to survive and increase safety risks. Researchers at the University of Ten ...

Several attacks, including one on a synagogue in Michigan and a shooting at a university in Virginia, may be linked to the fighting in the Middle East.

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Representatives from the Almond Board of California, Duarte Nursery, Blue Diamond Growers, UC Cooperative Extension and other ...

Sherwood and Bellview Elementary Schools students can visit Mars, create a hard hat or even grow peas without soil in their ...

Archaeologists working across the Czech Republic have identified Neolithic burial mounds, roughly 5,000 years old, hidden ...

Oxygen isotope analysis of lunar soil shows meteorites delivered only a limited amount of water to the Earth–Moon system ...

Upcoming events at Berkshire Botanical Garden STOCKBRIDGE – Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program: Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. to noon, “Go Big or Go Home: A Beginners ...

On the STEM side, working in the garden exposes students to real-world applications of math, nutrition and science through planting, measuring growth, testing soil, managing compost and learning about ...