The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles of ...
Soil water repellency (SWR) is a phenomenon whereby soils exhibit a temporary resistance to water infiltration due to the presence and behaviour of hydrophobic organic compounds on soil particle ...
In new research published today in the European Geosciences Union journal Biogeosciences, two scientists address the soil organic carbon erosion paradox Early studies assumed that a substantial ...
A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...