Plowing, or tilling, is an age-old agricultural practice that readies the soil for planting by turning over the top layer to expose fresh earth. The method—intended to improve water and nutrient ...

Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter worldwide. Trillions are discarded every year in cities, parks, beaches, along railway tracks and roadside environments. Despite their small size, ...

Warm, workable soil is key to a successful spring garden. Use these simple tests to know when conditions are right to plant and avoid struggling crops.

A new long-term study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material derived from crop residues, can significantly enhance soil carbon storage, but its ...

Extend your annual garden budget and grow gorgeous dahlias year after year by learning how to plant tubers like a pro.

In Kerala, ducks wade through paddy fields, naturally fertilising the soil and helping farmers maintain sustainable, low-cost rice cultivation traditions.

Two years ago, Meg Webster installed nine sculptures at the Dia Beacon museum in upstate New York for the most important ...

Discussions often focus on which crops can increase soil carbon stocks. Soil organic matter contributes to many aspects of ...

Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international ...

The TV gardening expert says March is a very good time to grow one key plant as soil temperatures rise, daylight increases ...

Neanderthal DNA explains how human faces form, tardigrades struggle in Martian soil, new tech tracking monarch butterflies and a fish with a hole in its head.

Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Güney Işıkara and Patrick Mokre — authors of Marx’s Theory of Value at the Frontiers: Classical Political Economics, Imperialism and Ecological Breakdown — about ...