The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, a colossal animal bridge spanning the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, has experienced several important "firsts" even as its official opening remains several ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Understanding the relationship between plasticity of muddy soil and earth pressure can be crucial to maintaining tunnel stability and predicting ground behavior during earth pressure balance (EPB) ...

Soil is often perceived simply as "dirt," but in reality, it is a dynamic, living system that acts as Earth's natural sponge.

Plowing, or tilling, is an age-old agricultural practice that readies the soil for planting by turning over the top layer to ...

Infrastructures often suffer severe damage due to geotechnical hazards of both natural kinds such as floods or earthquakes and man-made ones like underground construction work and excavations. The ...