Soil loss presents a critical global challenge, degrading ecosystems and impacting the sustainability of human society. Human ...

deforestation and development disturb soil structure making it vulnerable to erosion; soil compaction associated with farming and urbanization squeezes the air out of the ground and prevents it ...

Without altering agricultural practices and urgently finding ways to preserve soil, the global food supply starts to look precarious. Even in Iowa’s still-fertile fields, the loss of soil is ...

Evidence is building that regenerative agriculture boosts soil health, which, in turn, could bolster food security.

The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles ...

Weathering and erosion slowly chisel ... When the glacier begins to melt, it deposits its cargo of soil and rock, transporting the rocky debris toward the sea. Every year, rivers deposit millions ...

Our study also shows that pesticide reduction must be a key part of combatting soil biodiversity loss and agriculture’s role in climate change. Despite the known harm pesticides pose to soil life, the ...

including soil erosion. Such soil fertility management practices include the use of fertilizers, organic inputs, crop rotation with legumes and the use of improved germplasm, combined with the ...

According to recent estimates, nearly 115 to 120 million hectares (Mha)—roughly 33% of the country’s total geographic area (TGA)—are affected by soil degradation, including water erosion ...

Erosion is the process that wears away the river ... making it heavy and liable to slide. Soil creep is a very slow movement, occurring on very gentle slopes because of the way soil particles ...

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