Erosion is the process that wears away the river bed and banks. Erosion also breaks up the rocks that are carried by the river.

The distance that eroded sediments travel is a function of the type of erosion, the degree of disturbance experienced by the soils, and the connectivity to water channels. Most material mobilized ...

Soil erosion is a major worldwide threat to agro-ecosystem sustainability and land productivity. Fallout radionuclides and stable isotopes are used to measure magnitudes and sources of soil erosion, ...

Erosion is the process that wears away the river ... making it heavy and liable to slide. Soil creep is a very slow movement, occurring on very gentle slopes because of the way soil particles ...

For example, acid rain dissolves limestone to form karst, a type of terrain filled ... and overgrazing can expedite erosion and strip the land of soils needed for food to grow.

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.

A drone flies high overhead, gathering evidence of soil erosion in a Worcestershire potato field. On the ground it is pretty obvious what’s happening, there is a huge crack running from the top ...

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne ) is one of the most popular grass types used for lawns ... but it also helps control soil ...

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 ...