A windy, dusty day can ruin your new car wash and leave you with grit in your mouth and dirt on your floors. But a new study ...

Clem Sturmfels, Land Management Extension OfficerIsolated dust storms recently are a reminder of how fragile some of our soils are.They are also a ...

When the glacier begins to melt, it deposits its cargo of soil ... wind, and ice, rock debris would simply pile up where it forms and obscure from view nature's weathered sculptures. Although ...

Erosion is all around us ... the air at many times the terminal velocity of rain drops of up to 9 m/s. As wind turbines have increased in size and diameter of their blades, this has noticeably ...

erosivity: the ability of any agent of erosion (wind, water, or gravity) to laterally transport soil material. evapotranspiration: the sum of the movement of water from soil, plants and water ...

The problem arises when soil that is left exposed to the elements erodes away under heavy rain or wind, washing into rivers or blowing into the sky. This is the kind of erosion that is common when ...

The area characterized by Pisha sandstone is often termed "the most extreme case of water loss and soil erosion globally", earning the ominous moniker of "earth cancer" from local residents and ...

undergoes significant erosion from wind and rainfall. The area characterized by Pisha sandstone is often termed "the most extreme case of water loss and soil erosion globally", earning the ominous ...