Around the world there are numerous ancient megastructures but perhaps pyramids capture our wonder the most. One of them has ...

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to roll back its plan to remove a 9-inch soil layer from Shivaji Park to address the dust menace. “In the latest meeting held with the ...

“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 ...

For a long time, soil was all but ignored. But for years, the valuable humus layer has been thinning. Farmers in Brandenburg ...

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 ...

Overburden Pressure: The pressure exerted by the weight of overlying soil layers on a given soil layer. Shear Strength: The maximum resistance of a material to shear stress, which is critical in ...

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that the P91.4-million dike collapsed in Barangay Cand ...