Drought is a common natural disaster on the Loess Plateau in China. Additionally, the Loess Plateau is one of the most serious areas of erosion in China and even the world, and the main erosion forms ...

The United Nations has formulated 17 overarching sustainable development goals (No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-Being, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Clean Water and Sanitation, ...

Soil loss due to water runoff could increase greatly around the world over the next 50 years due to climate change and intensive land cultivation. This was the conclusion of an international team of ...

Soil erosion often results in the degradation of ecosystem services and functions throughout the world. Splash erosion is the initial stage of water erosion and directly contributes to the detachment ...

Over 45 billion tons of soil are lost to erosion every year. Farmers and agricultural authorities in several countries have succeeded in slowing down erosion with the help of nuclear techniques. Here ...

Sandbars swirl beneath Oregon Inlet in Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Waves driven by ocean winds can cause the sandbars here to shift and change literally by the ...

Sirajganj, June 21 -- Riverbank erosion along the Jamuna River continues in Sirajganj despite a slight fall in the water level, with around 40 metres of a protection embankment collapsing in the Purba ...