Water is a unique compound that is essential to life on Earth. In the pedosphere, the physical and chemical properties of water regulate the flow of energy and solutes, making soil water a crucial ...

The study of anchor penetration and shear strength in marine soils is critical for offshore and coastal engineering, where the reliable fixation of structures in seabed sediments is paramount. The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Four paddy soils from Thailand were included in this investigation. The soils are described as marine alluvial, fresh water alluvial, ...

The study areas, the land cover types, and measurement sites in the Shandian River Basin and Naqu. The training sites are labeled with red, and the validation sites are marked with orange. Soil ...

Measurements of soil moisture tension and porosity were made on samples from three soil horizons 0-6 in. (0.15 cm), 9-12 in. (23-30 cm) and 36-42 in. (91-107 cm), from forty-nine sites in rainforest ...

Our department offers the master of science and the doctor of philosophy degrees in plant and soil sciences. Within the Plant and Soil Sciences degree, two focused concentration areas exist: Plant ...

Permafrost is not your garden-variety soil. Beneath the frozen depths of the Arctic, the icy soil stores an estimated 1.5 trillion tons of carbon – including methane and other hydrocarbons — twice as ...

One graduate program. Two concentrations. Three degree options. Plant Science involves course work in plant molecular biology, plant breeding, plant pathology, plant tissue culture, horticulture, crop ...

Low-severity wildland fires and prescribed burns have long been presumed by scientists and resource managers to be harmless to soils, but this may not be the case, new research shows. According to two ...