Soil degradation: An integrated model of the causes and drivers
December 2025
Soil plays a critical role in seven existential challenges that threaten sustainable development of human society. However, despite this integrative role, humans generally focus on the use of soil to...
Advantages and disadvantages of terracing: A comprehensive review
September 2021
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 history, the...
Remote sensing of soil degradation: Progress and perspective
September 2023
Soils constitute one of the most critical natural resources and maintaining their health is vital for agricultural development and ecological sustainability, providing many essential ecosystem services....
Using the USLE: Chances, challenges and limitations of soil erosion modelling
September 2019
To give soils and soil degradation, which are among the most crucial threats to ecosystem stability, social and political visibility, small and large scale modelling and mapping of soil erosion is inevitable....
Nature-based solutions for soil and water conservation in an era of climate extremes: Limitations and future scenarios
June 2026
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have emerged as an effective approach to address environmental challenges while promoting sustainable development. If properly designed, they foster resilient ecosystems...
Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties
September 2022
Grasses as well as leguminous and non-leguminous broadleaves are the major categories of commonly grown cover crops worldwide. This review focuses on the contribution of cover crops to soil properties....
Climate change and soil health: A systematic review of impacts and implications for sustainable development goals
Available online 15 July 2026
Climate change affects the quality, character and overall structure of the soil, which is a key factor to most ecosystems around the world. This study intends to systematically review the impacts of...
A pan-European spatial inventory of agricultural land degradation
September 2026
Agricultural land degradation is a contemporary reality that increasingly threatens food security and socio-economic stability in Europe and worldwide. Monitoring and controlling this environmental...
Challenges and constraints of conservation agriculture adoption in smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa: A review
December 2024
Common farming practices in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) such as intensive and repeated tillage, complete crop residue removal, and biomass burning create risks of soil degradation. To reduce these risks,...
Global rainfall erosivity: Observation, attribution, and projection
June 2026
Rainfall-induced soil erosion is an escalating global environmental concern, yet the spatiotemporal variability of rainfall erosivity and its attribution to natural and anthropogenic forcings remain...
Assessing soil erosion vulnerability using a novel capacity–condition framework (CCF): A case study from New South Wales, Australia
December 2025
Soil water erosion is a major threat to long-term soil sustainability. However, challenges remain in capturing how both natural and human-induced erosion processes interact over space and time to influence...
Effects of soil and water conservation practices on selected soil properties and crop productivity in the Beles River Basin, Ethiopia
Available online 4 July 2026
Soil and water conservation practices (SWCPs) have been widely applied in the highlands of Ethiopia to combat land degradation, increase crop productivity, and enhance soil properties. However, information...
Emerging pollutants in the environment: A challenge for water resource management
1 March 2015
A significant number of emerging pollutants (EPs) resulting from point and diffuse pollution is present in the aquatic environment. These are chemicals that are not commonly monitored but have the potential...
Conservation management decreases surface runoff and soil erosion
June 2022
Conservation management practices – including agroforestry, cover cropping, no-till, reduced tillage, and residue return – have been applied for decades to control surface runoff and soil erosion, yet...
Conservation tillage impacts on soil, crop and the environment
June 2015
There is an urgent need to match food production with increasing world population through identification of sustainable land management strategies. However, the struggle to achieve food security should...
Advancing precision conservation through machine learning for field-level prioritization of agricultural best management practices
September 2026
Effective identification of opportunities for agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) is essential for reducing nonpoint source pollution in intensively managed agricultural watersheds globally....
A systematic review of soil erosion control practices on the agricultural land in Asia
June 2020
Soil is the basis of production in agriculture activities. The combination of intensive farming activities, improper farming practices, rainfall regimes, and topography conditions that taken place in...
Recent advances in assessment of soil erosion vulnerability in a watershed
September 2021
Soil erosion is one of the most critical hazards adversely affecting both environment and economy. Assessment of the annual soil erosion rate provides information on soil erosion risk zones indicating...
Identification and mapping of gully using machine learning and deep learning algorithms in the loess hilly and gully region in China
June 2026
Gully erosion is a critical factor contributing to global soil erosion and land degradation, posing a significant threat to ecosystem sustainability. Effective and accurate monitoring of gully erosion...
Soil porosity prediction across Europe with a focus on soil particle density determination
June 2026
This study emphasizes the critical role of soil porosity as an environmental variable influencing infiltration, compaction, runoff, and erosion, which are inversely related to bulk density. An analysis...
Analysis of rapidly decreasing discharge in the transboundary Amudarya River, Central Asia: considering climate change and human impacts
Available online 17 June 2026
The livelihoods of millions of people from five countries rely on the water resources of the transboundary Amudarya River basin, one of the most important freshwater systems in Central Asia. However,...
Hydro-learning: Integrating AI with SWAT for multi-resolution flow and sediment prediction in data-scarce basins
June 2026
One of the main challenges in predicting hydrological processes like streamflow and sediment yield in ungauged catchments is the lack of calibration data. Approaches such as regionalization, parameter...
Determinants of adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Nigeria
June 2021
Despite the important roles of Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) in improving productivity, welfare, and food security of farming households, the adoption rates of SAPs have been perceived to...
Determination of runoff coefficient (C) in catchments based on analysis of precipitation and flow events
June 2022
Runoff coefficient (C) values are tabulated and enshrined in hydrological engineering. These values are considered to be constant although they may not correspond to reality. In the same catchment,...
Identification of suitable sites for rainwater harvesting structures in arid and semi-arid regions: A review
June 2016
Harvested rainwater is an alternative source of water in arid and semi-arid regions (ASARs) around the world. Many researchers have developed and applied various methodologies and criteria to identify...