It is not pleasant to imagine that human activity is making the planet uninhabitable, but we typically think of this in terms of greenhouse gases, rising sea levels or acidifying the oceans. We aren't ...

Human activities, such as deicing roads, are disrupting the natural salt cycle on a global scale. A team of Virginia Tech researchers seeks to mitigate the existential threat by slowing salinization ...

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We tend to think of salt as the ingredient that makes our chips and popcorn taste delicious. But its use extends way beyond that. It’s a key component of water treatments and road gritting. It’s in ...

Are humans disrupting the Earth’s salt cycle through deicing roads and other salt activities? This is what a recent study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of ...

A recent study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines the human impact of salt on the environment, including water, soil, and air, from industrial activities such as land development ...

Winter weather arrived in Greater Columbus this past week, and with colder temperatures, ice and snow, comes the need to control ice buildup on driveways, sidewalks and other outdoor surfaces. Before ...

Soils have a natural characteristic called the cation exchange capacity (CEC) that allows them to hold (and exchange) cations (e.g., Ca+2 or Na+). These cations are held tight enough on the CEC that ...

As most gardeners know, soil is one of the most important factors affecting the overall health and growth of plants. Soil pH, which determines how acidic or alkaline the soil is, is a particular ...