The research, recently published in Global Change Biology, showed that across the more than 150 experiments they studied, cover crops reduced the average annual loss of soil carbon through erosion ...

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.

Published in the Journal of Soils and Sediments, the study presents compelling evidence that catastrophic wildfires and soil erosion—driven by natural climate shifts—may have sparked the first ...