Drought is projected to affect 75% of the world's population by 2050. Take that in. ‘Drylands’ now make up nearly half of all ...

Earth's name, unlike other planets named after Greco-Roman deities, originates from Old English "eorþe," meaning soil or ...

Soil plays a major part of supporting life on earth Soil is everywhere ... And this is just one aspect of the goodness of the ground. “Soil is one of the most underrated and little understood ...

There is twice as much carbon stored in soil as there is in all vegetation on earth – that’s trees ... more than all of the above ground carbon in the rainforest put together.

Most of these minerals originate in sedimentary rock, which makes up over three-quarters of the Earth ... soil plays other crucial roles as well. It helps to regulate heat transfer between the ...