A study led by Prof. Amos Frumkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity's most ...

A study led by Professor Amos Frumkin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity’s most ...

More than 36 billion tonnes of fertile soil is lost from world agricultural systems ... for sediment budgeting and tracking is important to identify areas where soil erosion and sediment production ...

Fertile soils with thick loess or alluvial parent ... The redistribution of topsoil from historical sediment deposition sites to eroded landscape positions is a more intensive remediation strategy ...

According to the study published in the Journal of Soils and Sediments, analysis of charcoal, soil, and climate data revealed that orbital shifts in solar radiation around 8,200 years ago triggered ...

2003). While soil is frequently referred to as the "fertile substrate", not all soils are suitable for growing crops. Ideal soils for agriculture are balanced in contributions from mineral ...

It gave Iowa one of the most fertile soils on the planet and enabled it to become one of the largest producers of corn, soybeans and oats in the United States over the last 160 or so years.

“Sediment or soil eroding from other locations may be deposited over native soil in fields,” the state said. “This can potentially impact fertility. Since this deposition is often topsoil ...

In 2021, while revelers across America celebrated the fourth of July, three researchers waded through a shallow river delta ...

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.