This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. The answer to this riddle is ...

The first ever global erosivity map gives new insights into the geography of the rain's impact on soil erosion. The underlying research highlights differences between climatic regions and calls for ...

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Information on rainfall intensity is regarded as one of the essential factors for predicting soil erosion. Since many sites lack information regarding the intensity of rains, estimates have to be made ...

GeoJournal, Vol. 70, No. 4, Water resources issues in South America (2007), pp. 257-262 (6 pages) In order to explore the consequences of precipitation increase on soil erosion in Uruguay, the monthly ...

First-ever Global Rainfall Erosivity Database (GloREDa) depicts the whole of India in ‘green’ (moderate risk) category but threat from climate change could escalate it to ‘blue’ (high risk) if the ...

Soil is our most important source of food. And yet, much of the world's soils are being eroded faster than they are formed. The capacity of rain to cause soil erosion is known as erosivity. Soil ...