The study is the seventh conducted by national researchers to help local officials plan for future weather events.

Australian farmers are finding a new use for surplus sheep's wool. This low-value wool is now being spread on drought-hit fields. It helps soil retain moisture and rebuilds its structure. This ...

Mesquite (Neltuma juliflora), a woody plant native to parts of South America, was introduced into South Africa's drylands in the 1880s with good intentions.Bringing it to South Africa was meant to ...

The project is now in its 20th year of operation, stretching from the chenier plains of the state’s southwest to the sinking soils at the Mississippi’s mouth.

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture created a network of “climate hubs” to understand how climate change affects ...

Soil contamination from long-ago trash incinerators has prompted Durham to close five of its parks for the past two years, ...

Invasive species experts are urgently calling on the federal government to ramp up rabbit eradication efforts across Australia, amid reports their population has "skyrocketed" to numbers "not seen" ...

The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest ...

A new study backs up the agricultural and environmental benefits of certain macadamia farming practices, but the industry ...

Growing winter forage can improve water quality, reduce soil erosion, add organic matter, break up compaction and provide ...

The Taklamakan Desert has a name that translates, roughly and ominously, to “The Place of No Return.” For centuries, this 130,000-square-mile expanse in western China was exactly that — a furnace of ...