He said wind erosion is not only bad for desert ecosystems like in the Four Corners area because soil loses its nutrients to the air, but soil erosion also hurts non-desert areas.

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“Desert soils are unusual because the sand grains at the surface are bound together into a crust by bacteria, reducing wind erosion and adding nutrients to the soil. Deserts cover over one third ...

Though cyanobacteria are blue-green in color, they are not algae. Instead, they can grow in long strands on desert soil, forming bundles with sticky coatings on the outside.

Microorganisms located in the so-called biocrust (the top millimeters to centimeter of the desert soil) enrich the soil with carbon and nitrogen, and also help prevent soil erosion and retain water.

In desert environments, biological soil crusts — or biocrusts — play a key role in slowing erosion, supporting plant growth, controlling dust and holding moisture.

Huoxing Zhu, Bojie Fu, Shuai Wang, Linhai Zhu, Liwei Zhang, Lei Jiao, Cong Wang, Reducing soil erosion by improving community functional diversity in semi-arid grasslands, Journal of Applied Ecology, ...

Soil erosion inflates food prices, in particular that of paddy rice, but also wheat and other staple foods. More water is withdrawn for agriculture, with an average 1.6% increase worldwide.

A USDA-National Resources Inventory report shows soil erosion rates on cropland decreased 35% from 1982 to 2017. Even so, some members of the agricultural community say rates are unsustainable for ...