The Anasazi, a once-flourishing tribe in the American Southwest, lived on bounties of corn, squash and beans. In 1276 A.D., ...

Out-of-bag (OOB) importance analysis was applied to extract feature variables. The nonlinear model random forest (RF) outperforms the linear model for soil water content retrieval. The coupled OOB and ...

Most often, the presence of water in pharmaceutical substances, petroleum products, or foodstuffs is unwanted. For example, if water content is too high, it can reduce the shelf life of grains like ...

Introduction: Accurate prediction of soil moisture content (SMC) is crucial for agricultural systems as it affects hydrological cycles, crop growth, and resource management. Considering the challenges ...

National Geographic photographer Rena Effendi visits the U.S. Midwest to capture how one farmer is restoring her family farm from the ground up—and with support from PepsiCo, helping cultivate the ...

Most people who know about the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSDIC) are familiar with the data center’s role in monitoring snow, sea ice, mountain glaciers, ice sheets, icebergs, and other ...

A proposed recovered carbon black (rCB) standard developed by a committee of West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based ASTM International could provide a boost to the production of rCB in the United ...

Soils lose moisture quickly during droughts because the molecular interactions that help retain water are not fully understood. Understanding this mechanism can help engineer soils to better preserve ...

Voters in some Louisiana parishes will have the rare opportunity on Saturday to participate in an election for the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors. Soil and Water ...

ABSTRACT: The adobe enclosure of Dendera temple is one of the most important remaining archaeological clay in ancient Egyptian temples. Field observations indicated significant preservation problems, ...