Preferential water flow denotes the rapid and non-uniform movement of water through discrete pathways in the soil, bypassing the finer pore network of the soil matrix. These pathways include ...

Soil microbiomes drive key functions in agroecosystems, determining soil fertility, crop productivity and stress tolerance. The microbiome is intricately linked with soil structure, such as ...

Starting with a set of field experiments piggybacked on a soil flow path tracer experiment at the Rocky Flats site in 1993, we have been investigating the mobilization and transport of particles in ...

Soil is often perceived simply as "dirt," but in reality, it is a dynamic, living system that acts as the Earth's natural sponge. Unfortunately, common agricultural practices-including deep plowing ...

new video loaded: How the Indonesia Earthquake Made Soil Flow Like Water transcript Entire neighborhoods have been devastated in and around Palu. Part of the damage is the effect of liquefaction, ...

Liquefaction, which Indonesian officials said Monday had destroyed several thousand homes in and around the city of Palu during the earthquake on Friday, is one of the most devastating effects of ...