Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes
may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus …

For thousands of years, terracing has been one of the most important systems for preventing
soil erosion, conserving water, and increasing agricultural production. Despite having a long …

The new assessment of soil loss by water erosion in Europe based on RUSLE2015
(Panagos et al., 2015a) was criticized in a comment by Fiener and Auerswald (2015). The …

Soil erosion is a geomorphological and, at the same time, a land degradation process that
may cause environmental and property damage, loss of livelihoods and services as well as …

Over the last century extraordinary efforts have been devoted to determining soil erosion
rates (in units of mass per area and time) under a large range of climatic conditions and land …

Abstract Yearly, about 22× 10 12 g phosphorus (P) from mined fossil phosphate resources
are added to the world economy. The size of remaining fossil phosphate resources is …

In many Mediterranean areas, citrus orchards exhibit high soil loss rates because of the
expansion of drip irrigation that allows cultivation on slo** terrain and the widespread use …

Context Since the nineteenth century, rural areas have experienced progressive
abandonment mostly due to socioeconomic changes, with direct and indirect effects on …

Soil erosion is one of the major problems that threatens agricultural production and
sustainability of natural resources in Syria. More than 85% of Syrian agricultural land is …

For thousands of years, humans have created different types of terraces in different slo**
conditions, meant to mitigate flood risks, reduce soil erosion and conserve water. These …