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.

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, ...

Photograph by Shutterstock Soil degradation, where soil loses the physical ... disturb soil structure making it vulnerable to erosion; soil compaction associated with farming and urbanization ...

The problems of soil degradation are significantly exacerbated by soil erosion — the wearing away of the topsoil, by wind, water, etc. US soils are now eroding up to 1,000 times faster than they ...

The increasing human population is placing greater pressure on soil and water resources and ... production is conducted in a way that minimizes degradation of natural resources and permits long ...

Implementing these strategies requires a coordinated approach, combining public policy with community involvement to effectively ...

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 ...

Agriculture, deforestation, overgrazing, and the use of chemicals on soils all contribute to its degradation, which can lead to erosion, problems with soil salinity or acidity, fertility decline ...

A new study in the journal Nature Sustainability estimates that blowing dust and wind erosion cost approximately $154 billion ...

Many industries have benefited from the availability and affordability of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as applications for ...

Agriculture uses roughly 70% of global freshwater, land and soil degradation are directly undermining agri-food systems with human-induced degradation The first International Soil and Water Forum ...

Unfortunately this degradation — along with other environmental impacts like wildfires and soil erosion to the forest and trail system — has larger ramifications than just an eye sore on the ...