erosivity: the ability of any agent of erosion (wind, water, or gravity) to laterally transport soil material. evapotranspiration: the sum of the movement of water from soil, plants and water ...

If you are landscaping slopes or banks in your yard, consider growing ground cover plants to prevent soil erosion. Heavy rainfall can cause the land to shift and slide without binding the soil ...

Plant debris is less recalcitrant, resulting in a much shorter residence time in soil. Other ecosystem processes that can lead to carbon loss include soil erosion and leaching of dissolved carbon ...

And for Bryony Nierop-Reading, the battle against coastal erosion continues as she faces ... coming up with an unusual strategy involving plants – a move she believes could slow the loss of ...

“Erosion from the wind is not as bad as it used to be in the dust bowl era, but in the past 20 years the rainfall pattern has changed,” says Paula Ellis, a farmer in south-east Iowa’s Lee ...