Because soil is so important to both plants and animals, it makes sense that we would want to protect it from erosion, which is when soil is transported and removed by water or wind. Erosion is a natural process, but it is also expedited by human activities, such as farming, logging, ...
Our science activities and experiments are designed with you, the parent or teacher, in mind! MY LATEST VIDEOS Let’s learn about the layers of the soil, what they are called and why they are important! While you’re at it, make sure to check out these other fun spring science ...
Much of life depends directly or indirectly on biological activities near the surface of the soil. In addition to plants, there are worms and insects whose lives are soil-bound (1 acre of soil may contain 500 kg of earthworms). Soil is also rich in tiny organisms such as bacteria, mites...
Using a peregrine tropical endogeic earthworm species, Pontoscolex corethrurus, Topoliantz and Ponge (2003, 2005) demonstrated the ingestion of biochar particles in microcosm experiments. The earthworms evidently could grind the material and mix it into the soil, in fact, preferring soil with ...
Soil pollution is a result of many activities and experiments done by mankind which end up contaminating the soil. Industrial wastes such as harmful gases and chemicals, agricultural pesticides, fertilizers and insecticides are the most common causes of soil pollution. The others are ignorance towards...
2015. Linking soil erosion to on-site financial cost: lessons from watersheds in the Blue Nile basin. Solid Earth 6: 765-774. DOI:10.5194/se-6-765-2015.Erkossa T, Wudneh A, Desalegn B, Taye G. 2015. Linking soil erosion to on-site financial cost: Lessons from watersheds in the ...
This study introduces four rock–soil characteristics factors, that is, Lithology, Rock Structure, Rock Infiltration, and Rock Weathering, which based on the properties of rock formations, to predict Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (LSM) in Three Gorges
In field experiments in the Attert catchment (Luxemburg), sprinkling experiments with a dye tracer are performed to relate the abundance of earthworms to water infiltration patterns and preferential flow paths. Additionally, we sample earthworms over the whole catchment to estimate earthworm distribution ...
Despite the role of soil and geological information for economical and sustainable activities (Maltman, 2012; Prokopovich, 1984), most available databases are limited and with coarse spatial resolution, hampering its application for local and regional planning (Adhikari and Hartemink, 2016; Dobos et...
Social and economic measures to implement C sequestration programs quickly and effectively include partnerships between business and the NGO sector. Particularly noteworthy are the activities of several large companies, such as Coca-Cola, Mars, Repsol, Fronterra, Walmart, or DANONE Inc, who have in ...