Were you aware that soil taxonomy even exists? I certainly wasn’t; so it was with considerable interest that I read about the subject at the Soil Orders site. There are, I learned, twelve soil orders ...

Beneath every ecosystem lies a structured world of soil types and names. This system reveals the planet’s diversity from the ground up.

Soil is the foundation of life on Earth and holds huge importance for agriculture. In addition to this, every other sector, like construction, also relies on different soil types to function ...

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, published by the Ecological Society of America, pushes the boundaries of traditional research journal publishing with its full-color production and accessible ...

The capacity of soil to regulate the terrestrial freshwater supply is a fundamental ecosystem service. Water percolating through soil is filtered, stored for plant utilization, and redistributed ...

Scientists classify soil based on factors such as mineral content, texture, drainage capacity, and fertility. Globally, the 7 most common types of soil form the basis of farming and ecosystem balance: ...