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, ...

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 ...

Not all farmlands are created equal — some are flat, some are on a moderate slope and some are hilly. On hilly agricultural landscapes, soil erosion can be a significant ...

All Pennsylvania farmers are required to have an Erosion and Sediment Control plan on file and put it into practice, unless ...

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

A study of 82 sites in 21 counties by Iowa State University showed that in the 50 years from 1959, soil structure and levels of organic matter had degraded while acidity had increased. “Erosion ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that's underestimated in considering the carbon ...

China saw a steady improvement in soil erosion conditions last year, with the total affected area shrinking by nearly 1 percent, the Ministry of Water Resources said. By the end of last year ...

The dense canopy creates a unique microenvironment where light is ... attract pollinators to hardy groundcovers that prevent ...

While cover crops modestly increase soil carbon, the reduction in erosion is a separate benefit. Globally, cover crops could reduce soil carbon erosion by 25%, with a 20% reduction in the central U.S.