There is something humbling about realizing that the most urgent climate questions we wrestle with today were, in many ways, already being answered decades ago. Scientists, policymakers, and ordinary ...

Middle schoolers from across the U.S. have big ideas to help the planet and their solutions start with plants. A sixth grader from Tempe, Arizona, thought to combine a peace lily with the Texas ...

A centuries-old concept in soil science has recently been thrown out. Yet it remains a key ingredient in everything from climate models to advanced carbon-capture projects. The hope was that the soil ...

A COURSE of lessons on soil provides an essential sequence to the formation of school gardens if it is desired to make the best use of the latter. Teachers contemplating such a course are strongly ...

Soil quality research is the study of the characteristics, composition, and health of a soil sample and how these factors impact the soil's ability to perform it's intended function. Lesson 1 provides ...

Geologists in California and Wyoming use unique palettes to teach science Art Meets Science Becca Dzombak Soil samples collected throughout the western United States show the wide variety of minerals ...