SCOOP: There's A Dirt Shortage : Short Wave Mud and dirt have often been treated as waste products from excavation or dredging sites. But these days, coastal communities need massive amounts of ...

Traditional handheld models use two curved blades to manually cut, scoop, and lift out dirt, while automatic—either electric or gas-powered—versions use a rotating auger to displace and pull ...

Where does it all go? Well, it depends what kind of dirt it is. "You basically have three types of dirt," explains Neil Stablow, vice president at the Donohoe Companies, which is working on big ...

One of the most amazing pieces of technology to emerge from Lockheed Martin’s laboratories is a simple circular canister designed to hold nothing more than dirt, gravel and maybe some dust.