UDRI maintains and operates the US Air Force's Rain Erosion Test Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. This facility is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials ...

"Every bit of rain forest that gets ripped out over there ... It also protects the forest floor, which slows down soil ...

There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion, flooding and global warming. International agreements, 'debt for nature' swaps and selective ...

The GR also included statistics on the soil erosion losses. Soil erosion renders the land useless for agriculture purposes, at least in the year it happens, say farmers who see it as a worse loss ...

Mangroves, with their intricate root systems, do more than just prevent soil erosion and shield shorelines ... store up to ten times more carbon than rainforests. They capture this greenhouse ...