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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another farmer, Ibrahima Ba, 60, lamented the devastation of once-fertile land. “We had fresh water, fertile soil, and no problems. Now we have nothing,” he said, calling on the government to ...

The topsoil organic carbon pool is at high risk in 43 to 83 million hectares of EU and UK agricultural land, primarily in ...

Native habitats are vital for maintaining Texas’s rich biodiversity. They serve as homes for countless species while playing a critical role in storing carbon, filtering pollutants, and preventing ...