Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface and underground aquifers. This region, called the vadose zone, is ...

For a long time, little attention was paid to soil temperatures. In contrast to air temperatures near the surface, hardly any reliable data was available because of the considerably more complex ...

Mother's Day is often considered the safe planting date in our area and while air temperature is important for plants, soil temperature is even more critical. While the swing in air temperatures can ...