While water erosion continues to be the most serious cause of soil degradation globally, innovative strategies that remediate important soil functions can restore the productivity of eroded soils.

This results in the death of millions of microorganisms and can lead to water runoff in other areas where it may cause flooding and erosion. Soil degradation can have disastrous effects around the ...

Major flooding in early April caused major damage in some areas of Indiana. In southern Bartholomew County, an Indiana University researcher is studying the impact on Hoosier farmland. On Wednesday, ...

Top soil loss threatens food security Intensive agriculture and deforestation are major causes of land degradation ... establishing water retention basins and building terraces can reduce soil erosion ...

Waves driven by ocean winds can cause ... of water, wind, and ice, rock debris would simply pile up where it forms and obscure from view nature's weathered sculptures. Although erosion is a ...

Soil erosion and sediment delivery are growing concerns for water quality across western Europe, with increasing pressures from agriculture and climate change. While previous studies have explored ...

The GR also included statistics on the soil erosion losses. Soil erosion renders the land useless for agriculture purposes, at least in the year it happens, say farmers who see it as a worse loss ...

Erosion is the process that ... They can occur after periods of heavy rain, when the water saturates overlying rock, making it heavy and liable to slide. Soil creep is a very slow movement ...

When water or rain directly hits bare soil, it can cause soil erosion, especially during heavy rains, which can dislodge soil particles and wash them downstream. "A layer of wood chips limits the ...

When it comes to till vs. no-till, there is give and take in any situation, according to an Ashland County soil ...