China’s 70-year soil conservation record shows recovery can take decades
A review of 70 years of soil conservation in China links national reductions in erosion to sustained, coordinated action and ...
Tag: soil conservation
Strip tillage led sorghum yields and water efficiency in Ethiopian field trial
A randomized field experiment in northern Ethiopia found that strip tillage produced the highest mean sorghum yield and rainwater use ...
Soil Organic Matter Emerges as Key Shield Against Erosion in Fragile Moroccan Watershed
A new study maps intrinsic soil erodibility across the El Harrar watershed in northern Morocco, revealing that organic matter and ...
Mandarin Farmers in Nepal Embrace Soil Conservation to Save Hillside Orchards
A survey of 80 mandarin farming households in Gulmi district, Nepal, reveals high adoption of soil conservation practices alongside persistent ...
Spain Spent Two Decades Paying Farmers to Save Its Soil—Now the Rules Have Changed
A 20-year analysis of Spain's rural development spending shows soil conservation funds rose even as budgets collapsed, and the new ...
Satellites and Machine Learning Map Soil Erosion Hotspots in a Drought-Hit Indian River Basin
A new RUSLE-GIS study maps soil erosion across India's drought-prone Jonk River Basin with 97 percent accuracy, identifying steep, unprotected ...
Cloud Country’s Fragile Soils: Scientists Decode Why Meghalaya’s Hills Wash Away
A detailed study of twelve benchmark soil series on the Meghalaya Plateau reveals that organic matter, critical shear stress and ...
Vetiver Grass Terraces Slash Fertilizer Runoff in Sri Lanka’s Steep Tea Lands
A field trial on Sri Lanka's steep tea slopes shows that stone terraces combined with vetiver grass cut dissolved nutrient ...
Hidden Erosion: Model Reveals Surface Runoff Is Not the Main Culprit Behind Brazil’s Pampa Gullies
A physics-based erosion model applied to a sandy southern Brazilian watershed reveals that subsurface processes, not surface runoff, drive the ...
Tropical Farm Soils in Nigeria Score Mixed Verdict in First Physical Health Check
A new study of cassava farmlands in Isialangwa North, southeastern Nigeria, finds the soils well drained and uncompacted but degraded ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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