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

innovative strategies that remediate important soil functions can restore the productivity of eroded soils. In light of the ever growing demand for agricultural products and the environmental ...

In a balanced system, soil is produced at about the same rate it is being eroded. This was indeed what happened in the US Midwest until large-scale agriculture started in the area. “For the ...

Study: Redistributing soil can restore nutrients, improve water retention, and significantly boost crop yields on eroded ...

Water is a major driver of yield potential. Therefore, the steady, measured water volumes from irrigation can help bolster ...

The soil conservation rate measures the ratio of non-eroded land to total land in a region. Zheng, a delegate to the 14th ...

“A lot of soil erosion is in the form of ephemeral gullies,” says Jay Ford, a USDA–Natural Resources Conservation Service district conservationist in Denison, Iowa. “Putting eroded soil ...

By linking fingerprints of land use to the sediment in deposition zones, this technique is useful in determining the sources of eroded soil and in identifying areas prone to soil degradation.

The eroded knolls or hilltops common in Prairie farmland are typically the least productive, often yielding considerably less ...

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...