The establishment of Soil Taxonomy as the official United States system of soil classification introduced a number of innovative concepts of significance to soil classification, soil survey, and soil ...

Soil is the foundation of life on Earth and holds huge importance for agriculture. In addition to this, every other sector, like construction, also relies on different soil types to function ...

AMES, Iowa – The satellite images are full of red warnings: Miles and miles of bright red along the Louisiana coast; boiling reds covering most of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. The images show harmful ...

Take a look out at this landscape. What do you notice? Credit: Shutterstock Take a walk outside. Get some fresh air. What do you notice around you? Buildings, trees, and the sky may be on your list, ...

Above- and below-ground tanks store contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi disaster site. The cleanup after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been anything but smooth.

Environmental engineering is the branch of engineering that is concerned with protecting people from the effects of adverse environmental effects, such as pollution, as well as improving environmental ...