Amendments are mixed into the soil to improve the physical or chemical makeup of the soil. Another term is fertilizers, which ...

Mangaluru: Experts from NITK Surathkal concluded in an independent study that the Shirur disaster in Uttara Kannada district, ...

Sand is the most abundant ingredient in the mix. The powdered cement and lime are the glue that holds the sand together and allows the mortar to bond to each brick (or concrete block, stone or other ...

Little was crowned the spelling bee champion and will advance to the televised Scripps National Spelling Bee competition in ...

In China There is an archaeological site that is often nicknamed “Chinese Pompeii“: it is the city of Sizhou, destroyed ...

Indonesia needs to rethink the previous administration's decision to lift a decades-long ban on sea sand exports by ...

Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation ...

You may be surprised to learn that the common mineral components of soil — clay, silt, sand — are not present in potting soil mix. It usually includes pumice, perlite and vermiculite ...

This old sand is better suited for coastal reclamation than the mud, clay, or silt that rivers currently carry […] The mining of prehistoric sand in shallow water has nothing to do with the ...

With the proper know-how, readily available earth, sand, chalk, lime, or gravel can yield a versatile, strong, and durable construction material. Its colorful results vary from region to region ...