“Running that horizontal tillage tool created a soil density layer beneath the surface,” he says. In scientific terms, the bulk density of the tilled soil (the dry weight of soil divided by ...
Soils are becoming severely degraded due to a combination of intensive farming practices and natural processes. As the layer of fertile topsoil thins, it gets increasingly difficult to grow crops ...
There are three main British soils; podzol, brown earth and gley. Podzols are easily recognisable by their distinct layers or horizons. A grey or light-coloured 'E' horizon is the result of severe ...
Mumbai: After a failed beautification project at Dadar’s Shivaji Park, where a thick layer of red soil was dumped for ground levelling, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) now wants to ...