soil science

noun

1. the science that deals with the study of soils.

Other Words From

• soil scientist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of soil science¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

I learned a lot about soil science in this book and what certain pesticides and other things that people use to make the growing process easier do to the soil, and then what that does to the land overall.

From Salon

In 2018, Anastasia Shatilovich, a scientist from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia, thawed two female worms from a fossilized burrow dug by gophers in the Arctic.

From New York Times

When policy helps farmers get compensation for better soil health practices and is at “the heart of a national conversation that involves the government, academia, and industry, that is a good thing,” Shalamar Armstrong, an associate professor of agronomy at Purdue University who studies soil science, said in an email.

From Seattle Times

In Vermont, at least one small orchard sprayed their apple trees with water to encase them in ice to protect them from the plunging temperature, but they still lost their crop, according to Terence Bradshaw, associate professor in the plant and soil science department at the University of Vermont.

From Seattle Times

Washington County, where Nichol’s farm is located, produces more clover seed crop than anywhere else in the world, thanks to its unique soil and rainy climate, said Nicole Anderson, an associate professor at Oregon State University’s Department of Crop and Soil Science.

From Seattle Times