Half of the topsoil on the planet has been lost in the last 150 years. In addition to erosion, soil quality is affected by other aspects of agriculture. These impacts include compaction, loss of soil ...

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.

Fallout radionuclides and stable isotopes are used to measure magnitudes and sources of soil erosion, which can be controlled through efficient soil conservation practices. Land degradation currently ...

The consequences of these include soil erosion, the loss of soil nutrients, changes to the amount of salt in the soil, and disruptions to the carbon, nitrogen and water cycles – collectively known as ...

Agriculture, deforestation, overgrazing, and the use of chemicals on soils all contribute to its degradation, which can lead to erosion, problems with soil salinity or acidity, fertility decline ...

The loss of intrinsic physical, chemical and biological qualities of soil is called soil degradation. Soil degradation is often used as an umbrella term encompassing a wide variety of soil conditions ...

1. What is soil and soil erosion? Soil is one of the only natural aspects that is biogeochemical: it is at the intersection between biologic, geologic, and chemical processes. Soils directly ...

1 College of Desert Control, Science, and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China 2 Key Laboratory of Desert Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, State Forestry ...

SOM improves soil structure and reduces erosion, leading to improved water quality in groundwater and surface waters, and ultimately to increased food security and decreased negative impacts to ...