Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural sustainability ...

“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...

Growing up in Haiti, Northwestern Engineering’s Ludmilla Aristilde looked critically at the land and thought about how soil sustains plants. This came naturally; her father was both an educator and ...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a reactive gas that plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry by influencing the production and destruction of ozone and thereby the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere.

Researchers have develop a method to learn more about how a new type of pesticide degrades in the environment. A new generation of pesticides can be used to control pest insects by compromising the ...

An international team of researchers has mapped a new way forward to monitor the health of the planet by listening to the ...

Learn how collaborative grazing innovation, thoughtful planning and ecological stewardship are powering positive change.

Soil is a significant carbon reservoir, storing more carbon than all plants, animals and the atmosphere combined, making it crucial for addressing the climate crisis. Microbes, such as bacteria and ...

The integration of bioinformatics, machine learning and multi-omics has transformed soil science, providing powerful tools to ...

Climate change is defined by more than just rising temperatures and ever-encroaching sea levels; the myriad factors at play are complicated, and — to make matters even more complex — they often ...