Understanding the types of wind erosion and their effects can help farmers take steps to prevent it from happening.

Healthy rangelands are essential for ensuring grazing and forage productivity, reducing wind erosion and wildfire risks, and supporting wildlife ecosystems. Covering about 30% of the United States' ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Throughout southern Arizona, neighborhoods are etched into the desert. So when monsoon hits, the heavy rains and fast wind speeds blow through the area, which moves the ...

WILLMAR, Minn. -- Snow and dirt -- known as "snirt'' -- covered fields of west-central Minnesota this winter have served to call attention to the problem of wind erosion. All that snirt certainly ...

EL PASO, Texas (Feb. 11, 2025) – 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 in the journal Nature Sustainability, ...

Extreme climate conditions and poor land-use management blight the semi-arid steppe regions of Asia, where some of the world’s largest grain exporters are located in the region. Kazakhstan, the ...

Susan Tallman, NRCS State Agronomist, explains that the evolution of larger fields across great expanses, along with documented increased wind speeds in the state, needs to be addressed. New research ...

The beauty of a canyon is principally the artful work of that masterful sculptor, the river. Rivers wouldn’t exist, obviously, without gravity, which also brings material down from the canyon walls.