RSM Application in Chisel Tillage Assessment: Enhancing Rainfall Infiltration and Soil Erosion Control
Available online 30 December 2025
Effective dryland agriculture relies on conservation tillage, which reduces erosion and improves plant growth by preserving surface residues and maintaining soil roughness. This study was conducted...
Global rainfall erosivity: Observation, attribution, and projection
Available online 19 December 2025
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...
Nature-based solutions for soil and water conservation in an era of climate extremes: Limitations and future scenarios
Available online 17 December 2025
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...
Estimation of major soil water-soluble salt ions from Sentinel-2 imagery: Integrating spectral and texture features
Available online 17 December 2025
Soil water-soluble salt ions are key indicators for diagnosing both the type and severity of soil salinization and represent major constraints on crop growth. In the Alar Irrigation District of Xinjiang,...
Microplastics influence organic carbon depletion in macroaggregates and soil structural stability in the Yanhe catchment
Available online 6 December 2025
Different land uses greatly influence the stability of soil aggregates and the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, limited knowledge exists on how microplastics within aggregate...
Land use-driven shifts in labile carbon fractions regulated total profile sequestration of soil organic and inorganic carbon in arid environments
Available online 3 December 2025
Effective climate change mitigation through land-based strategies requires maximizing soil carbon (C) sequestration across land uses and management practices. Yet, land-use and management impacts on...
Heterogeneous patterns of change for annual and seasonal precipitation extremes in China over the past 60 years
Available online 26 November 2025
Global warming is expected to disrupt the hydrological cycle, resulting in changes of precipitation extremes and flooding risk in China. This study investigates spatiotemporal trends in annual and seasonal...
Simulating suspended sediment transport during the 2023–2024 floods in southern Brazil
Available online 24 November 2025
The most intense rainfall event in Brazil (> 950 mm during 14 days in May 2024) affected millions of people in the south of the country. The damage includes several deaths and other social issues, billions...
Integrating bi-dynamic strategy and multivariate deep learning algorithms to predict high-accuracy, long-term cropland soil organic matter
Available online 21 November 2025
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a key indicator for assessing soil health and carbon neutrality, while environmental heterogeneity and dynamic sensitivity changes between SOM and environmental variables...
Disproportionate contributions and spatiotemporal patterns of extreme rainfall and erosivity events across mainland China
Available online 17 November 2025
Extreme rainfall events are increasingly influencing soil erosion across mainland China, yet their contribution to total rainfall erosivity and spatiotemporal patterns remains insufficiently quantified....
Peak soil: Is it a useful concept?
Available online 15 November 2025
The concept of peak soil, the hypothetical point at which global soil productivity enters a sustained decline, has emerged as a metaphor for soil degradation. However, there is currently no globally...
Hydro-learning: Integrating AI with SWAT for multi-resolution flow and sediment prediction in data-scarce basins
Available online 14 November 2025
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...
The effect of soil conservation measures on the sorting characteristics and transport mechanism of eroded sediment on spoil tips
Available online 10 November 2025
Understanding the sorting characteristics and sediment transport mechanism in erosion process is of great significance for ensuring the stability of spoil tips and facilitating the vegetation recovery....
Aeolian sediments physicochemical properties along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Available online 10 November 2025
Frequent and complex aeolian activity along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway (QTR) has resulted in substantial deposition of aeolian sediments along the corridor. To investigate the physicochemical properties...
Tracing the evolution of soil conservation in China: A review of historical insights and modern practices
Available online 25 October 2025
Soil conservation is a critical environmental challenge faced by countries worldwide. This paper provides an innovative and comprehensive review of China's soil conservation journey, offering new insights...
Identification and mapping of gully using machine learning and deep learning algorithms in the loess hilly and gully region in China
Available online 22 October 2025
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...
HWGEN: An hourly wind stochastic GENerator
Available online 21 October 2025
Extreme wind speeds are vital for applications such as wind erosion assessment and wind power generation. However, their high spatial and temporal variability limits the accuracy of observations and...
Responses of slope erosion-deposition distributions to contour ridge tillage and gentle slope terracing in the Mollisol region: A case study in Northeast China
Available online 19 October 2025
Contour ridge tillage and gentle slope terracing are widely applied in the Mollisol regions around the world to control soil erosion by water on steep hillslopes. However, both measures’ impacts on...
Hydrodynamic behavior of overland flow on slopes with various soil surface coverages
Available online 19 October 2025
Soil surface coverage and conditions are vital for regulating runoff connectivity and controlling water loss and soil erosion. However, the influence of different surface coverages and patterns on hydrodynamic...
Seasonal responses of nitrous oxide emissions in a subtropical river to land use and dam construction
Available online 17 October 2025
Rivers are important sources of nitrous oxide (N2O) in the atmosphere and are easily influenced by human activities. Land use and dam construction can have considerable impacts on riverine N2O fluxes;...
Comparison of approaches using MUSLE, USLE-M and RUSLE2 for large-scale hydrosedimentological modelling
Available online 17 October 2025
Mathematical models have been used to understand sediment dynamics in river basins. An important part of these models refers to equations for estimating soil loss. In this sense, there are different...
Application of UAV multimodal data and deep learning for estimating soil salt content at the small catchment scale
Available online 14 October 2025
Soil salinization is a serious environmental issue that leads to land degradation and reduces agricultural productivity. Accurate and real-time monitoring of soil salinity at the small catchment scale...
Effects of rainfall intensity and kinetic energy on hillslope soil erosion in the thin-layer Mollisol region of China: Field observation and rainfall simulation
Available online 14 October 2025
Rainfall kinetic energy (KE) is a critical factor influencing the early-stage dispersion of soil particles caused by raindrop impact during water erosion. However, the effects of rainfall intensity...
Zonal characteristics and attribution analysis of soil erodibility in Robinia pseudoacacia plantations on the Loess Plateau, China
Available online 4 October 2025
Climate and topography at the zonal scale can significantly influence vegetation and soil properties, which in turn affect the ability of soil to resist raindrops splashing and water erosion. Artificial...