Managed by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the web page offers single-site access to soil data and maps, soil databases, digital soil applications, climate data, descriptions of soils, ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now using data collected from the first NASA satellite mission dedicated to measuring the water content of soils. These maps created by the space agency will ...

POLK COUNTY, Ore. — Soil science has come a long way since Milton Whitney in 1899 began surveying soils in the tobacco lands of Connecticut. Whitney’s project to match soils to crops caught on quickly ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Nov. 21, scientists hosted a community meeting to update the public on the Tonawanda Coke Soil Study. The purpose of the research, as ordered by a federal judge, is to investigate ...

With its antenna now spinning at full speed, NASA’s new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory has successfully re-tested its science instruments and generated its first global maps, a key ...

Soils all over the Earth's surface are rigorously tested and managed. But what about soils that are down in the murky depths? Some scientists are working to get them the recognition and research they ...