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Regional Potential Wind Erosion Simulation Using Different Models in the Agro-Pastoral Ecotone of Northern China. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Liu J, Wang X, Zhang L, Guo Z, Chang C, Du H, Wang H, Wang R, Li J, Li Q.   +9 more
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Effect of vegetation cover and transitions on regional wind erosion in drylands [PDF]

, 2012
Wind erosion is a critical environmental problem that threatens mainly the arid and semi-arid regions of our planet. Usually this problem is associated with desertification, poverty and other environmental and socioeconomic problems. Wind erosion causes
Youssef, I.F.
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Understanding the costs and benefits of mitigation measures used to reduce or prevent soil erosion [PDF]

, 2010
This research project final report includes the following sections: C.1. Review of current understanding of the types, causes, extent, magnitude and impact of soil erosion in England and Wales; C.2.
Deeks, Lynda, Posthumus, Helena, Quinton, John, Rickson, Jane   +3 more
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Driving Mechanism of Ecosystem Services Under Ecological Restoration in the Kubuqi Desert, Northern China

Land
Desertification is an ever-growing global ecological and environmental problem. With the implementation of various ecological restoration initiatives, vegetation cover in many desert regions has increased substantially.
Chunliang Lv, Yangyang Liu, Xu Zhang, Jinfeng Wang, Yongning Hu, Yang Cao   +5 more
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TASOW - A tool for the automated selection of potential windbreaks. [PDF]

MethodsX, 2022
Scheper S, Kitzler B, Weninger T, Strauss P, Michel K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dust emission from croplands in the Free State, South Africa [PDF]

, 2021
The global dust load showed a large increase during the last century due to climate change and the expansion of vulnerable land, both of which are caused by human modifications.
Vos, Heleen C.
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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Ecosystem Services and Analysis of Cold and Hot Spots in Beijing-Tianjin Sandstorm Source Region

Shuitu Baochi Xuebao
[Objective] This study was aimed to assess the ecological benefits and ecological impacts after the implementation of the ecological project in the Beijing-Tianjin wind and sand source area.
CHANG Jinyu, WU Zhitao, LI Qi, LIANG Hanxue, DU Ziqiang, LEI Tianjie, SUN Bin   +6 more
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A New Soil Erosion Model for Alpine Meadow in the Source Park of the Yellow River, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China [PDF]

The source park of the Yellow River (SPYR), as a vital ecological shelter, is suffering different degrees of degradation and desertification, resulting in soil erosion in recent decades.
Lin, Huilong, Tang, Rong
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Estimating nutrient transport associated with water and wind erosion across New South Wales, Australia [PDF]

Nutrient transported from soils to water bodies not only threatens agricultural productivity and food security but also causes the degradation of water quality and the environment in many parts of the world.
Gray, JM, Leys, J, Yang, X, Zhang, M
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Study on the relationship between topological characteristics of vegetation ecospatial network and sand fixation function in the Mongolian Plateau

Kuwait Journal of Science
The spatial structure of vegetation plays a pivotal role in determining the sand fixation function of ecosystems. However, the interaction between vegetation spatial structure at the regional scale and its sand fixation function remains insufficiently ...
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