Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. That equates to an area almost as large as Ethiopia each year.

Soil erosion is a major worldwide threat to agro-ecosystem sustainability and land productivity. Fallout radionuclides and stable isotopes are used to measure magnitudes and sources of soil erosion, ...

ZHANG GUOJUN/XINHUA A revolutionary land management model is being applied across the fields of Northeast China to restore its precious and fertile black soil. Black soil, characterized by its ...

As the layer of fertile topsoil thins, it gets increasingly difficult to grow crops for food. Without altering agricultural practices and urgently finding ways to preserve soil, the global food ...