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Aug. 24, 2020 —Soil loss due to water runoff could increase greatly around the world over the next 50 years due to climate change and intensive land ...
Feb. 15, 2021 —More than one-third of the Corn Belt in the Midwest - nearly 100 million acres - has completely lost its carbon-rich topsoil, according to new research that indicates the U.S. Department of ...
Jan. 12, 2021 —Soil erosion is a major challenge in agricultural production. It affects soil quality and carries nutrient sediments that pollute waterways. While soil erosion is a naturally occurring process, ...
Aug. 3, 2022 —Landslides are one striking example of erosion. When the bonds that hold particles of dirt and rock together are overwhelmed by a force -- often in the form of water -- sufficient to pull the rock ...
Dec. 7, 2022 —In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and the plans to mitigate climate change, researchers recently announced that the rate ...
Sep. 14, 2020 —Researchers found more than 90 per cent of the conventionally farmed soils in their global study were thinning, and 16 per cent had lifespans of less than a century. These rapidly thinning soils were ...
Nov. 23, 2022 —Soil erosion is a significant problem for agricultural production, impacting soil quality and causing pollutants to enter waterways. Among all stages of soil erosion, gully erosion is the most severe ...
July 5, 2022 —Ploughing and tilling on hilly slopes is causing farm soils to thin and threatens future crop yields, a new study finds. Scientists behind the study argue that unless farmers stop tilling hill ...
May 18, 2021 —结合天然盐碱沼泽地和修道院ional dikes may provide a more sustainable alternative for fully engineered flood protection. Researchers studied how salt marsh management can be ...
May 25, 2023 —The Midwestern United States has lost 57.6 billion tons of topsoil due to farming practices over the past 160 years, and the rate of erosion, even following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...
