A study led by Prof. Amos Frumkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity's most ...

resulting in greater productivity of plants in natural environments and agricultural settings. SOM improves soil structure and reduces erosion, leading to improved water quality in groundwater and ...

All Pennsylvania farmers are required to have an Erosion and Sediment Control plan on file and put it into practice, unless ...

Published today in the Journal of Soils and Sediments, the study presents compelling evidence that catastrophic wildfires and soil erosion ... added Frumkin. “Agriculture and settlement ...

Historically, conventional agriculture has accelerated soil erosion to rates that exceed that of soil formation (Table 2). Erosion is often accelerated by agricultural practices that leave the ...

Unsustainable agricultural and forestry practices deplete carbon in the form of organic matter Global warming will get worse as agricultural methods accelerate the rate of soil erosion, which ...

The study, by Dr. Frank Van Oost and colleagues at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Heverlee, Belgium, was titled 'The Impact of Agricultural Soil Erosion on the Global Carbon Cycle.' ...

These actions disturb soil and leave it vulnerable to wind and water erosion, which damages the complex systems underneath. Silvia says, 'Several practices associated with intensive agriculture, ...

The Trump administration canceled a $3.1 billion grant program for climate-friendly crops, the Agriculture Department ...