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Astronaut Kayla Barron checks out chile peppers growing inside the International Space Station. Photo of Kayla and the Earth courtesy of NASA (under this license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en). Background space image courtesy of Adobe Stock (Iuliia Sokolovska).

To boldly go

May 20, 2025

Soil moisture management and carbon sequestration

Role of soil moisture management and carbon sequestration in agriculture on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions

May 19, 2025

A watercolor painting by soil scientist Gerd Wessolek depicting the effects of groundwater lowering on soil organic matter mineralization, water, and nitrate transport to the groundwater. Image by Gerd Wessolek.

Drawing, writing, and painting with soils

May 16, 2025

This image is reprinted from Wysocka et al. (2025; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14071003) under this license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and is not associated with the research discussed below.

Modern wheat classes converge in grain mineral nutrition—and that’s not great news

April 21, 2025

Science briefs

A diagram showing thermo-time domain reflectometry (TDR) sensors placed for critical zone soil measurements. Image by Yili Lu, China Agricultural University.

Probing dynamic soil properties with thermo-time domain reflectometry sensors

May 15, 2025

Ph.D. researcher Katie Allen alongside a lettuce that was grown in human poop compost. Photo by Katie Allen.

‘Humanure’ is effective compost for lettuce growth

May 15, 2025

Two undergraduate technicians from the University of Florida collect groundwater leachate samples below a residential lawn in Gainesville, FL. The photo shows one student measuring the volume of leachate collected and preparing to filter a sub-sample for dissolved nutrients, while the other student maintains the pump and records data. Photo by Alexander J. Reisinger.

How lawn care affects groundwater pollution

May 15, 2025

This study found that cotton planted under high density responded faster to fluctuating light conditions. Photo courtesy of Zhangying Lei.

Optimizing stomatal traits to enhance biomass under fluctuating light

May 15, 2025

Wheat grown in indoor controlled environment chambers at 16˚ C (optimum) and 32˚ C (high) average temperatures. Image by Kirsten Paff and Julie Wolf.

Crop simulation is an important tool for predicting and mitigating agricultural risks

May 15, 2025

Soybean field plots at the Davis Purdue Ag Center in Farmland, IN, where gypsum and cover crops were implemented. Photo by Brenda Hofmann, USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory.

Gypsum is a reliable source of sulfur for soybean production

May 15, 2025

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