Soil salinity, a critical factor underpinning land degradation and diminishing agricultural productivity, poses a major threat to global food security and environmental sustainability. Recent advances ...

PARK RIVER, N.D. — Fields with soil salinity, sodicity and high magnesium levels require management before they can be productive, said Naeem Kalwar, North Dakota State University Extension soils ...

Its first satellite dedicated to ocean salinity detection has completed all in-orbit tests, paving the way for long-term ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture will give $1.8 million to landowners working on soil health innovation and sustainable ...

Notes: the subfigure shows an example of acidic soil areas defined by the World Reference Base for Soil Resources; the scatterplot shows the salt content of soil samples in five climate regions. A ...

Many nutrients in soil exist as salts, soluble and available for plant uptake. But when salts accumulate in excess, crop growth can decline. With more frequent surface flooding in coastal fields and ...

WWF combats soil erosion and degradation by promoting sustainable farming, forest protection, and ecosystem restoration ...

Saltwater intrusion from sea level rise and tidal flooding is increasing soil salinity risks in coastal farm fields (Figure 1). Soil salinity is related to the presence of soluble salts and cations ...

South Platte salinity is an unintended consequence of irrigated farming The increased salinity of the South Platte River represents a potential catastrophe to irrigated farming in the valley, but ...

Microbial Ecology, Vol. 75, No. 4 (May 2018), pp. 985-996 (12 pages) Nitrogen (N) is one of the most common limiting nutrients for primary production in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbes transform ...