Extreme climate conditions and poor land-use management blight the semi-arid steppe regions of Asia, where some of the world’s largest grain exporters are located in the region. Kazakhstan, the ...
Susan Tallman, NRCS State Agronomist, explains that the evolution of larger fields across great expanses, along with documented increased wind speeds in the state, needs to be addressed. New research ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Throughout southern Arizona, neighborhoods are etched into the desert. So when monsoon hits, the heavy rains and fast wind speeds blow through the area, which moves the ...
Erosion is all around us, from the meandering course of rivers and other waterways, to the gradual carving out of channels in even the toughest mountains, and the softening of features in statues. Yet ...
GRAND FORKS — Well, the Legislature’s adjourned, but the wind is still blowing. No surprise there, of course. In North Dakota, the only time the wind isn’t blowing is when it’s changing direction, or ...
In this episode, we learn what erosion is and more specifically – wind erosion. In this episode, we learn what erosion is and more specifically – wind erosion. We then spend time using the engineering ...
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 ...
Beneath the golden corn fields and sprawling soybean rows of America's Midwest lies an invisible crisis that threatens the very foundation of the nation's food system. While farmers work the land that ...
Long before irrigation pivots and improved turf varieties, native grasses were quietly doing the hard work.
China has morphed into a green powerhouse over the past decade, and their push to fight desertification is doing more than ...