Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

M Vanmaercke, P Panagos, T Vanwalleghem… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

Impacts of climate change on water erosion: A review

Z Li, H Fang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Soil erosion in the Anthropocene: Research needs

J Poesen - Earth surface processes and landforms, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Gully erosion susceptibility assessment and management of hazard-prone areas in India using different machine learning algorithms

A Gayen, HR Pourghasemi, S Saha, S Keesstra… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gully erosion is one of the most effective drivers of sediment removal and runoff from
highland areas to valley floors and stable channels, where continued off-site effects of water …

Exploring land use/land cover changes, drivers and their implications in contrasting agro-ecological environments of Ethiopia

ML Berihun, A Tsunekawa, N Haregeweyn… - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examined the trends, driving factors, and implications of land use/land cover
(LULC) dynamics over the past 35 years (1982–2017) in three watersheds of the drought …

Novel ensemble approach of deep learning neural network (DLNN) model and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm for prediction of gully erosion susceptibility

SS Band, S Janizadeh, S Chandra Pal, A Saha… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study aims to evaluate a new approach in modeling gully erosion susceptibility (GES)
based on a deep learning neural network (DLNN) model and an ensemble particle swarm …

Soil erosion, conservation, and eco‐environment changes in the Loess Plateau of China

G Zhao, X Mu, Z Wen, F Wang… - Land Degradation & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the best‐known areas in the world, the Loess Plateau, has long been suffering
from serious soil erosion. The present paper reviewed the historical variation of climate …

A meta-analysis of soil erosion rates across the world

JM García-Ruiz, S Beguería, E Nadal-Romero… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

A century of gully erosion research: Urgency, complexity and study approaches

C Castillo, JA Gómez - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Gully erosion has become a field of growing interest among the research community but
there still are numerous knowledge gaps that need to be addressed. The aim of this work is …

The state of soil degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Baselines, trajectories, and solutions

K Tully, C Sullivan, R Weil, P Sanchez - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
The primary cause of soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expansion and
intensification of agriculture in efforts to feed its growing population. Effective solutions will …