Wind erosion poses a significant threat to ecosystems and infrastructure across arid regions worldwide. Mitigation strategies have evolved from simple physical barriers to interdisciplinary ...

Wind shear velocity: The effective component of wind speed that initiates particle movement and contributes to erosion. Sand fence: A physical barrier designed to reduce wind speed and trap ...

Soil erosion is an enemy to any nation, far worse than any outside enemy coming into a country and conquering it, because ...

The beach is why so many people visit and spend money in South Carolina,” geologist Rob Young writes in a new commentary. “If ...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is granted $2 million to fund landowner enrollment in the Water Bank ...

Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the ...

Within the checkerboards, the sand surface gradually forms a soil crust that helps prevent wind-driven movement. To speed up this process, Chinese researchers have developed lab-cultured cyanobacteria ...

Nearly 70% of the 77 solar developments overseen by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality last year had “significant noncompliance issues” with erosion control and storm water ...

Illinois soil and water conservation districts were allocated just $4.5 million for their operations in the budget year that ...

Moab makes for the perfect homebase to explore the Southwest's iconic red rocks landscape. Here's what to know about camping.

I swear this weed is sentient.  I finally took the ShopVac to a south-facing hillside covered with its dandelion-like seedheads, only to have them reappear the next day.  Then the following day, ...