Phosphorus is crucial for crop growth. But too little can lower crop yields, and too much can lead to pollution downstream.

“Soil moisture is just a memory creator,” Elise Osenga, community science manager at Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI), said at a summit in Carbondale on May 11. “It’s this memory of what’s ...

Oklahoma Conservation Commission Soil Scientist Greg Scott holds healthy soil that absorbed two inches of simulated rainfall, during the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources ...

With its antenna now spinning at full speed, NASA’s new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory has successfully re-tested its science instruments and generated its first global maps, a key ...

Watering plants is a necessity and it can sometimes feel like a slog during summer, with long hot days and scorching sun that quickly dries out soil. Sometimes it can feel that the soil dries out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man holding a handful of moist garden soil - Elena Medoks/Getty Images Keeping soil moist without overwatering can be a tricky ...

When your residence has soil moisture sensors embedded that were dictated by your friendly neighborhood HoA, you may start asking questions about the system used. That’s what [Modest Maker] did and ...

Unrelenting rainfall last week resulted in parts of Southeast Texas seeing more significant flooding than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The weather will be much drier this week, but even with a ...