Chalky soil suits plants that like alkaline and free-draining conditions, and aren't bothered by drought or growing in nutrient-poor soils. Think of plants that thrive in dry summers as this is a ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

Chalk Chalky soil is porous and usually features large amounts of limestone or calcium carbonate, which gives it a higher pH balance. You can amend chalky soil with compost or peat moss to make it ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Soil’s Power as a Climate Solution Has Often Been Overlooked. Until Now 8 minute read Young wheat grows in parched soil on a field during very dry weather on April 27, 2020 near Luckau, Germany.

The first of July has come round again and the great disaster becomes a trifle dimmer than before. It is the most dismal of ...

Learn about soil with these interactive learning resources for KS2 Science students aged 7-11 from BBC Bitesize.

This summer’s excavation at Harmony Woods has revealed more evidence of a 4,000-year-old barrow - and brought the community ...

Growing conditions: Requires full sun for best production; prefers loamy, sandy, or chalky soil that is well drained; while an olive tree in the ground is drought resistant, a potted tree will ...

THE object of the work reported in my previous communication was simply to determine whether the soils on some well-developed chalk heaths could have been formed purely by solution of chalk. The ...