Healthy soil is the foundation of our food, clean water, and a stable climate, and cutting-edge science helps us to protect ...

The amount of water stored on lands across Earth’s continents has declined at such staggering levels that changes are likely irreversible while humans are alive, a study published Thursday found.

Recognizing soil as a form of life reframes our perception of another interconnected, self-regulating system: Earth. We owe many of Earth’s defining features — its breathable atmosphere ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth’s Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through ...

Earth's soil moisture dropped by over 2,000 gigatons in roughly the last 20 years, the study says. For context, that's more than twice Greenland's ice loss from 2002 to 2006, the researchers noted.

Soil. Dirt. Earth. It seems like pretty simple stuff. We stick a seed in the ground, and up pops a zinnia or a pumpkin. We dig a hole to plant a tree or a bigger hole to pour a foundation for a house.

Earth may have hit a point of irreversible moisture loss in its soil as a result of climate change, according to a new study. More than 2,614 gigatonnes of moisture was lost from 2000 to 2016.

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...