• About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

soils

A close view of green grass, black dirt, and sunny blue sky
Posted inNews

El Compostaje Humano es el Camino Ecológico a Seguir

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 9 April 202031 January 2023

Nuestro impacto ambiental no desaparece cuando morimos, pero existe una forma de convertir este impacto en algo positivo.

Diagram of chemical dynamics of soil “frost boils” with an inset of a plant on rocky ground
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Floating Patches of Soil Nutrients in Soil Help Explain Arctic Thawing

by David Shultz 2 April 202029 September 2021

Nutrient-rich diapirs have a complex relationship with soil microbes and play an important role in carbon and nitrogen nutrient cycling, making them crucial for understanding feedbacks in the Arctic.

Mangrove trees in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples, Florida.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Florida Coastlines Respond to Sea Level Rise

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 1 April 202010 February 2022

For more than a century, carbon burial rates have been increasing on some southern Florida coasts. Scientists now verify this trend and propose an explanation.

A close view of green grass, black dirt, and sunny blue sky
Posted inNews

Human Composting Is a Greener Way to Go

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 6 March 202027 March 2023

Our environmental impact doesn’t go away when we die, but there’s a way to make that impact a positive one.

Carter Clinton and Fatimah Jackson smile while standing at a long table at a research lab.
Posted inNews

Podcast: Exhuming a Buried Piece of American History

by Lauren Lipuma 18 February 20208 October 2021

Scientists are using grave soil to reconstruct the lives of enslaved Africans in colonial New York.

Pinyon pines and sagebrush above the basin of Baldwin Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Southern California Climate Change over 100,000 Years

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 11 February 20205 June 2023

Researchers used a sediment core from a lake in California’s San Bernardino Mountains to track the effect of climate on vegetation, fire, and erosion between about 120,000 and 15,000 years ago.

Three scientists, one digging a hole, sample soil from a dry valley in Antarctica.
Posted inNews

Antarctic Ice Cores Might Be Older Than Dirt

by J. Hendricks 6 February 20203 November 2022

Using cosmogenic nuclide dating, scientists determined a 10-meter core just below the surface to be over a million years old.

Figure showing change in soil properties between two occasions of running a hydrological experiment
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Repeating Famous Hillslope Experiment Provides New Insights

by Ilja van Meerveld 30 January 20201 April 2022

Repeating a famous hillslope experiment after 55 years shows that soil properties can change within several decades and highlights the importance of a leaky boundary for hillslope drainage.

Irrigation machinery sprays water on the green vegetation of a mango farm in South Africa.
Posted inNews

Minireservoirs Could Save Farmers with Sandy Soils

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 29 January 202031 October 2022

A recently revived subsurface water retention technology could conserve water and drastically increase crop yields in arid landscapes with sandy soils like sub-Saharan Africa.

Controlled burn in a sagebrush ecosystem in Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southeastern Oregon
Posted inScience Updates

Rating Fire Danger from the Ground Up

by M. R. Levi, E. S. Krueger, G. J. Snitker, T. Ochsner, M. L. Villarreal, E. H. Elias and D. E. Peck 17 December 201929 September 2021

Soil moisture information could improve assessments of wildfire probabilities and fuel conditions, resulting in better fire danger ratings.

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 … 23 Older posts
A view of a Washington, D.C., skyline from the Potomac River at night. The Lincoln Memorial (at left) and the Washington Monument (at right) are lit against a purple sky. Over the water of the Potomac appear the text “#AGU24 coverage from Eos.”

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

Nudging Earth’s Ionosphere Helps Us Learn More About It

17 June 202517 June 2025
Editors' Highlights

Coupled Isotopes Reveal Sedimentary Sources of Rare Metal Granites

17 June 202516 June 2025
Editors' Vox

Inside Volcanic Clouds: Where Tephra Goes and Why It Matters

16 June 202512 June 2025
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2025 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack