All plants require 17 elements to complete their life cycle, and an additional four elements have been identified as essential for some plants (Havlin et al. 2005). With the exception of C, H, and ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage.

Salts are natural components of soil, surface, and groundwater. They are ionic mineral compounds, which means they bonded by electrostatic attractions between cations (+ charge) and anions (- charge).

Study of the physico-chemical and mechanical behavior of soil. Topics include: soil mineralogy, formation, composition, concepts of drained and undrained stress-strain and strength behavior, frozen ...

Dirt, or soil, is a complex mixture of various components that provide a foundation for plant growth and support ecosystems. It consists of soil particles, minerals, organic matter, water, air ...

The people of Arequipa face many challenges to their sustainable use of soil and water resources; contamination from past and current mineral resource extraction activities, inadequate management ...

Quarry and minerals processor Kilwaughter Minerals has launched an educational resource designed to provide farmers with expert knowledge on soil health, pH management, and nutrition strategies. The ...