[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of 21st century studies shows that deforestation induces profound changes in soil characteristics, particularly soil organic carbon accumulation

AS Mgelwa, MJY Ngaba, B Hu, GA Gurmesa… - Forest Ecosystems, 2024 - Elsevier
Deforestation is one of the most serious environmental problems facing humankind. It
continues to escalate rapidly across many regions of the world, thereby deteriorating the …

[HTML][HTML] How much water did Iran lose over the last two decades?

P Saemian, MJ Tourian, A AghaKouchak… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study area Iran. Study focus Iran, once a pioneer of sustainable water
management, is currently facing water bankruptcy. Aggressive exhaustion of non-renewable …

Spatial prediction of soil aggregate stability and soil organic carbon in aggregate fractions using machine learning algorithms and environmental variables

M Zeraatpisheh, S Ayoubi, Z Mirbagheri… - Geoderma …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about the spatial variability of soil aggregate stability indices, soil
organic carbon (SOC) in various aggregate sizes, and aggregation across the landscape is …

Assessing the effects of slope gradient and land use change on soil quality degradation through digital map** of soil quality indices and soil loss rate

K Nabiollahi, F Golmohamadi, R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi… - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
Slope gradient and land use change are known to influence soil quality and the assessment
of soil quality is important in determining sustainable land-use and soil-management …

Predicting heavy metal contents by applying machine learning approaches and environmental covariates in west of Iran

K Azizi, S Ayoubi, K Nabiollahi, Y Garosi… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The cuurent study was performed to predict spatial distribution of some heavy metals (Ni, Fe,
Cu, Mn) in western Iran, using environmental covariates and applying two machine learning …

Organic resource management: Impacts on soil aggregate stability and other soil physico-chemical properties

A Karami, M Homaee, S Afzalinia, H Ruhipour… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2012 - Elsevier
Effects of different types and amounts of organic matters (OM) on the soil aggregate stability
indices as well as some soil properties were investigated. This study was conducted in the …

Assessing the effects of deforestation and intensive agriculture on the soil quality through digital soil map**

M Zeraatpisheh, E Bakhshandeh, M Hosseini, SM Alavi - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was designed to evaluate soil quality (SQ) in deforested and intensively cultured
lands in Mazandaran Province, Iran. For this purpose, three soil quality indices (SQIs …

Digital map** of soil organic carbon using ensemble learning model in Mollisols of Hyrcanian forests, northern Iran

S Tajik, S Ayoubi, M Zeraatpisheh - Geoderma Regional, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the ensemble machine learning model
to predict the spatial variation of soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration in a deciduous …

Assessment of soil quality indices in agricultural lands of Qazvin Province, Iran

F Rahmanipour, R Marzaioli, HA Bahrami… - Ecological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil quality evaluation is a tool to improve soil management and land use system. A large
number of different physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, known as soil quality …

Influence of cover crops on soil aggregate stability, size distribution and related factors in a no-till field

W Dai, G Feng, Y Huang, A Adeli, JN Jenkins - Soil and Tillage Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil aggregation plays an essential role in maintaining soil structure. A three-year field
experiment was undertaken to explore the effects of cover crops on soil aggregate stability …