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, ...

Water erosion is the most widespread form of soil degradation globally (Figure ... processes involving water movement and storage land degradation - the loss of key land functions (e.g., water ...

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 ...

Soil fertility is the ability of soil to ... while minimizing the mining of soil nutrient reserves and the degradation of the physical and chemical properties of soil that can lead to land degradation ...

of agricultural land. The mechanical agitation of soil, called tillage erosion and a common practice in agriculture, can also initiate soil degradation. Other forms of erosion include wind erosion ...

If land degradation persists especially in semi ... livestock strips the land of vegetation cover, leading to soil compaction and erosion. Unsustainable Agricultural Practices: Practices such ...

Others who lost their homes in the fire have faced a long and costly slog to stabilize the soil on their land so they can rebuild. Some residents have unknowingly contributed to their erosion ...

(2005) Predicting soil erosion and sediment yield at the basin scale: Scale issues and semi?quantitative models. Earth-Sci. Rev. 71(1), 95-125. Emmanouloudis, D.A., Christou, O.P. & Filippidis, E.I.

The Siang River Valley in Arunachal Pradesh is a breathtaking landscape, but balancing human needs with environmental ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage.

With agriculture using roughly 70% of global freshwater, land and soil degradation are directly undermining agri-food systems with human-induced degradation contributing to “pushing land ...