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 ...

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

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 ...

erosion: The removal of soil from the land's surface by water, wind, ice, or gravity. essential element (plant): Chemical elements required by plants for normal growth and reproduction.

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 ...

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

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 ...