Since physical and chemical erosion yield comparable carbon fluxes, studying both together is essential to avoid biases in erosion-driven carbon flux estimates.

While wind erosion—the process by which wind moves soil across a landscape—is natural, Gill said it has been exacerbated by human land use, drought and declining water resources, making the U ...

When the glacier begins to melt, it deposits its cargo of soil ... wind, and ice, rock debris would simply pile up where it forms and obscure from view nature's weathered sculptures. Although ...

Erosion is often accelerated by agricultural practices that leave the soil without adequate plant cover and therefore exposed to raindrop splash and surface runoff or wind (Singer & Munns 2006).

erosivity: the ability of any agent of erosion (wind, water, or gravity) to laterally transport soil material. evapotranspiration: the sum of the movement of water from soil, plants and water ...

soil structure and levels of organic matter had degraded while acidity had increased. “Erosion from the wind is not as bad as it used to be in the dust bowl era, but in the past 20 years the ...

Soil erosion happens when soil is blown or washed away. This can be caused by rain or the West Texas wind. A great example of this is the dust bowl of the 1930s, but it can happen on a smaller ...

Erosion is all around us ... the air at many times the terminal velocity of rain drops of up to 9 m/s. As wind turbines have increased in size and diameter of their blades, this has noticeably ...

MORE than 40 percent of East Africa’s soils are degraded, with climate change and soil erosion posing a major threat to ...

Wind-driven topsoil covers the snow in a ditch ... The Walsh Three Rivers Conservation District is hosting a series of soil health talks every Wednesday in March to share and provide information ...

Agriculture Victoria land management extension officer Clem Sturmfels says it is critical land owners minimise wind erosion ...