Chinese scientists have identified a key gene involved in crop alkaline tolerance that may greatly improve crop yield in sodic environments through the use of genetic engineering. This study, led by ...

video: Across North America, streams and rivers are becoming saltier, thanks to road deicers, fertilizers and other salty compounds that humans indirectly release into waterways. At the same time, ...

The Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1850 near the salt deposits of Natrona, Pa., to manufacture alkaline salts of soda. Its process was a failure. Oil found on its land helped to ...