Soil degradation is an environmental concern that occurs when land becomes less fit for a specific purpose, like crop production. As the soil loses nutrients, namely phosphorous, nitrogen and potassium, ...

One-third of soil worldwide is moderately to highly degraded, according to the U.N.’s report on the Status of the World’s Soil Resources, endangering our capacity to feed the world’s population. Steps ...

Gurugram, India— A highway leading from Gurugram—a technology and business hub south of the Indian capital New Delhi—cuts through swaths of empty plots, land that once contained fertile green fields, ...

Around the world, crops are at risk from a variety of threats – from crop pests to high temperatures to human-caused conflict. Another, quieter risk is land degradation. Land degradation, according to ...

Soil degradation effects in Boulder County have become more entrenched, causing the loss of more than a foot of topsoil in one agricultural field, according to new research by a professor at the ...

Desertification is a type of land degradation. It occurs when drylands become increasingly arid or desert-like. Desertification doesn’t necessarily mean that these water-scarce regions will transform ...

NAIROBI/DURBAN, April 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From South Africa, where unprecedented floods this month washed away farmland, to the excessive logging of Kenya's mountain forests, Africa is ...

ROME, Dec 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world's top soil could be gone within 60 ...

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NAIROBI/DURBAN, April 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From South Africa, where unprecedented floods this month washed away farmland, to the excessive logging of Kenya's mountain forests, Africa is ...