Soil erosion is widely known for degrading land and reducing agricultural productivity. But new research shows it may also play a far more complex and important role in regulating the global nitrogen ...

A research team proposes a method to calculate, compare and communicate how different crops affect the loss of agricultural soil, with the aim of raising awareness of this problem and promoting ...

Weather in Missouri can be all over the board with grand temperature swings and wild changes in precipitation. But our weather also can also be very stagnant for long periods of time. Aside from last ...

Every human being leaves traces behind, and has done so for thousands of years. In a new study, a team led by lead author Dr. Yanming Ruan from MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the ...

In new research published today in the European Geosciences Union journal Biogeosciences, two scientists address the soil organic carbon erosion paradox Early studies assumed that a substantial ...

Black soil covering white snow in ditches during the winter and clouds of dirt swirling across fields, farms and roads are stark evidence that erosion is a major threat to soil health. Despite a “Wake ...

Flooding caused by frozen soil on the Palouse in February was one of the largest events in 30 years, Pacific Northwest soil scientists say. Historically high stream flows across the Palouse at that ...

China has morphed into a green powerhouse over the past decade, and their push to fight desertification is doing more than restoring the soil.

Long after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the marshy shores of the Gulf of Mexico were still feeling the effects of the disaster. Marsh grass retained plant-smothering oil, and the soil continued to ...