In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl taught Americans the importance of soil conservation, as drought, extreme heat, and short-sighted agricultural practices led to dust storms smothering much of the Great ...

Midwest soil is eroding at an alarming rate according to new, first-of-its-kind research. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts found that the rate of soil erosion in the Midwestern US is ...

Although of fundamental importance today, agriculture is a relatively recent human innovation that spread rapidly across the globe only 10,000 to 12,000 years ago (Diamond 1999, Montgomery 2007 ...

Soil is failing across the world: every five seconds a soccer pitch of soil is eroded, and it’s estimated that by 2050 around 90 percent of the Earth’s soils could be degraded. What does this ...

Why It Matters. According to the FAO, soil erosion "occurs naturally under all climatic conditions and on all continents, but it is significantly increased and accelerated by unsustainable human ...

Replenishing depleted soil with carbon dioxide from the air can combat climate change, if science, policy, and markets align ...

“Evolution of the soil chemical properties in slash-and-burn agriculture along several years of fallow.” Science of the Total Environment 764 (10 April 2021), 14823. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv ...

Climate claims about soil carbon on farms concern many scientists Governments and industries are pouring billions of dollars into so-called "regenerative agriculture." But while scientists say ...

The Colorado Department of Agriculture program built upon “pockets of soil health movements across the state,” according to John Miller, the department’s soil health program manager. At Cassie ...

A large area of soil erosion caused by water runoff over the years on June 16, 2021, near Buellton, California. Experts predict soil erosion and degradation will increase grocery prices in the U.S.