The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But ...

Soil moisture differences can increase rainfall and storm size, improving forecasting and early warnings for tropical regions.

New research finds that global warming has significantly reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in ...

Soil moisture has declined more than 2,600 gigatonnes since 2000, making a greater contribution to sea level rise than ...

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

The amount of water stored on lands across Earth’s ... the biggest soil moisture losses occurred between 2000 and 2002 – losing around 1,614 gigatons of water from land. The team estimated ...

Earth may have hit a point ... scientists think led to a major shift in land-based water storage — sources like groundwater, rivers, lakes, soil moisture and ice — from 1992.

Unlike its paved urban surroundings, the interior ground of the house is left as porous soil, punctuated with cement ... restores what once existed—earth, plants, and an organic connection ...

As Earth continues ... and fertile land becomes barren due to factors caused by human activities—mainly climate change and poor land use. Drylands, or areas with limited water and soil moisture ...

Lichen is a topic that’s not usually covered in the news. So, for those unversed in the subject, lichen are those weird crusty growths on churchyard headstones, old trees, roof tiles or, in the case ...