A recent study shows that Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), through their high nutrient and microbiological contents, could help to restore deforested areas in the Amazon region. Furthermore, these ...

Black or Dark Brown Soil The most coveted soil color. Called “black gold” by some gardeners, it has high levels of organic matter and probably sodium, which helps organic matter and humus ...

Walking through a dark misty forest in Madagascar, a team of scientists followed a "distinct" chirping sound to its "secretive" source. The calling creature had "large" hands and "long" legs.

Indigenous farmers in the Amazon cultivate nutrient-rich, carbon-storing soil to grow crops – and archaeological evidence of this “dark earth” suggests they have been doing so for centuries ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 7, 2023 (ENS) - Millions of Amerindian people living centuries ago in today’s Amazonia transformed the originally poor soil. The result is Amazonian dark earth, ADE, or ...

This ancient soil buried deep in the forest might just be our greatest hope for the future.

For Higher Geography learn about soil formation and revise the properties and formation processes of podzol, brown earth and gley soils.

Once a raging forest fire is quelled, the next worry is erosion of the landscape. With vegetation destroyed, rain easily washes away the soil, causing large flows of debris and landslides. Erosion ...

A new movie called "The Forest" is bringing attention to a quiet and beautiful forest, but there's a reason government officials would rather you forget it exists.

The Algodón River flows through a forest of the Amazon Basin in the remote northeastern corner of Peru. Scientists collected and analyzed a series of ten roughly 3-foot-long soil cores from three ...