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It’s a bit like giving the soil a DNA test.” A new droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method quantifies root DNA directly from soil ...

WASHINGTON — An environmental watchdog group claims that federal regulators used improper testing methods that may have downplayed the presence of toxic chemicals following the EPA’s response to the ...

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...

To investigate the impact of surface sampling operations on the physical and mechanical properties of lunar soil—defined as the granular, sub-centimeter-sized fraction of the lunar regolith—and to ...

When you buy new cropland, you’re not just buying the soil, you’re also investing in the years of fertilizer, inputs, and stewardship the previous owner put into it. However, are you paying for those ...

Soil is one of our most precious resources. Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, has been around for a century, but it has only recently been applied to understanding soils. This ...

A study appearing in Nature Microbiology analyzes soils sampled across the state of Kansas to determine the importance of "legacy effects"—or how soils from a specific location are influenced by ...

While it is possible to quantify soil organisms, their presence in soil does not necessarily correspond with their activity at any point in time. Different soils naturally have different communities ...

Fort Bragg will start soil sampling to assess potential lead levels in the ground around select housing neighborhoods on post. The soil testing follows discussions between the Army and the ...