The Climate Corporation, a weather insurance company, has developed a similar map that tracks the depletion and replenishment of soil moisture throughout the season. This is the first of these ...

Several days of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Helene have helped ease Kentucky’s drought ... water to infiltrate into the soil column, returning soil moisture to pre-summer levels ...

Forest soil stores water, carbon and nutrients for trees and also provides a habitat for living organisms. When managing ...

The losses in soil moisture — a result of the planet’s climate conditions and prolonged droughts — already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans.

“Soil moisture is very important because it’s ... Bolten says that the satellite can map the entire planet in two or three days. This data is especially valuable in food-insecure countries ...

The research team will pair high-precision drone readings of soil moisture with measurements from ... radiometer instrument to produce surface maps. Each pixel represents an area about 225 miles ...

Global map of soil moisture regimes. Developed by USDA-NRCS, Soil Survey Division, World Soil Resources, Washington, DC.