A recent assessment carried out by the JRC estimates that water erodes 970 million tonnes of soil every year in the EU. This would mean a one metre-depth loss of soil from an area corresponding to the ...

SOIL health directly affects water quality and quantity in many ways. Healthy soil has a greater ability to absorb and store water. When healthy soil can hold more water and allow it to filter slowly ...

Since 1985, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been carrying out the largest attack on soil erosion in its history. The problem the department faces is staggering: Last year, on farmland alone, ...

Soil is one of the main components, following water and air, of what makes the Earth a beauty. Soil provides a home for micro- and macro-organisms and provides nutrients to different species of plants ...

Although the government is investing heavily in soil and water preservation, China's severe soil erosion problem is continuing to worsen. If no tough measures were taken to tackle the problem, soil ...

China's water and soil erosion area decreased last year amid the country's efforts to restore the ecological environment, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. This was reported by The Xinhua ...