Alan Moule has been having problems with soil erosion caused by heavy rain However, new research by the University of Worcester may well help farmers work out what to do. Josie Lynch, a researcher ...

Soil erosion can have a devastating impact on the environment, especially your beloved garden. Harsh weather conditions like ...

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.

Erosion is the process ... They can occur after periods of heavy rain, when the water saturates overlying rock, making it heavy and liable to slide. Soil creep is a very slow movement, occurring ...

The practice of growing different but complementary plants within a given area, also known as intercropping, has numerous ...

“Erosion from the wind is not as ... but now we are getting bigger rain events where six inches fall and that hits the soil on farms.” ...

According to the FAO, soil erosion "occurs naturally under all climatic conditions and on all continents, but it is significantly increased and accelerated by unsustainable human activities (up to ...

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, ...

By Lisa Kilder Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District For The Mountain Times Heavy rain on bare soil can wash soil into ...

The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles ...

A fitness gym in Davao City suffered significant damage after a portion of the building collapsed. The owner suspects that heavy rains and ongoing construction by a nearby real estate developer ...