The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has launched a free soil lead testing program for residents living downwind of the Eaton Fire burn area. The program’s announcement comes after ...

planting for soil carbon sequestration and other soil health practices. That program was both canceled and rebranded in April in an announcement made by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary ...

What happens when an engineer builds a smart garden? This Arduino-powered system automates watering while collecting ...

Dubbed the Carbon Development Program, the initiative will pay farmers for sequestering organic carbon such as plant waste in agricultural soil. “We designed this program with farmers, ...

as he opened up his front yard to media and county officials for the rollout of the county’s Eaton Fire Soil Testing Program. Until December, residents can collect soil samples from their own ...

As microplastics break down in soil, they release climate-warming gases like carbon dioxide and methane by altering soil chemistry and boosting microbial activity. This process contributes to climate ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal contaminants from the soil, which are consumed by pollinators ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health began a residential soil testing program in neighborhoods near the Eaton Fire to better assess the levels of lead potentially in the ground.

Grasslands, covering more than 40% of Earth's terrestrial surface, are key ecosystems for global carbon storage, biodiversity ...

Abstract: Clouds often limit the ability of optical satellite sensors (such as the newly launched Gaofen-1 (GF-1) satellite in China) to observe regional soil moisture at high spatial resolutions, ...