Soil erosion is expected to be affected by climate change. Climate changes in temperature
and precipitation patterns will impact plant biomass production, infiltration rate, soil moisture …

Mountain ecosystems provide key services to a large portion of the population in the tropics.
However, they are particularly vulnerable to regional environmental changes such as soil …

Projections of climate patterns through the end of the 21st century indicate varying impacts
across the US However, a common thread of these projections calls for increasing …

Spatiotemporal rainfall variability and low soil fertility are the primary crop production
challenges facing poor farmers in semi-arid environments. However, there are few solutions …

Computer simulation models are a useful tool in planning, enabling reliable yet affordable
what-if scenario analysis. Many simulation models have been proposed and used for urban …

Dingxi City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin, at the intersection
between the Loess Plateau and West Qinling Mountains. The water and soil conservation …

While the ecological benefits of no-till are largely indisputable, the economic impacts are
less certain, and the latter may be partly to blame for lower-than-expected adoption of no-till …

Nonpoint source pollution from cultivated croplands has often been associated with
downstream water quality impairment in various watersheds. Given projected changes in …

Conventional farming poses threats to sustainable agriculture in growing food demands and
increasing flooding risks. This research introduces a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) to …

Rapid population growth, climate change, and limited natural resources have widened the
gap between food production and consumption, contributing to global hunger. Improving …