The drop in soil moisture from 2000 to 2002 is interesting because it’s not well depicted in computer models depicting Earth’s past water storage, Wilson said. One well-known computer model ...

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s ...

The capacity of soil to regulate the terrestrial freshwater supply is a fundamental ecosystem service. Water percolating through soil is filtered, stored for plant utilization, and redistributed ...

They grow a new pair of legs at each stage. Angel Fitor In every drop of water is a hidden world. Scuba divers can’t see it through their masks; neither can snorkelers swimming among the coral ...

and installed soil-moisture monitors to better time irrigation. In California, says the Pacific Institute, such improvements could potentially conserve roughly five million acre-feet of water a ...

First, look at how well water moves up and down the soil profile ... wait until it starts to drop pollen, or the soil becomes dry after soybeans are up and growing. Then hit the field with ...

Soil fertility needs to be improved to ensure that crop growth is not limited by nutrient or physical constraints and every drop of water can be fully utilized for growth. Efficient water uptake by ...

Agriculture uses roughly 70% of global freshwater, land and soil degradation are directly undermining agri-food systems with human-induced degradation The first International Soil and Water Forum ...

and they need soil that could hold the mostamount of water. So to figure out which type of soil holds the mostamount of water, they're going to give us three different soilsamples to test.