The erosion of large natural channels by flowing water -- gully erosion -- can wreak havoc on fields, roads, and buildings. In some cases, the sudden expansion of gullies even claims human lives.
URBANA, Ill. – Soil erosion is a significant problem for agricultural production, impacting soil quality and causing pollutants to enter waterways. Among all stages of soil erosion, gully erosion is ...
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), quantifying the extent of the phenomenon, its recent dynamics, and its human impacts ...
Two persons were feared dead and at least five houses swallowed by gully erosion ravaging four communities in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. Mr. Ignatius Igwemadu from Urumabiam, ...
LINCOLN - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has been working with Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers to protect natural resources for over 80 years.
The menace of gully erosion now poses the biggest existential threat to Southeast states. Already, many communities in Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi states have been cut off by rapidly ...
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Soil erosion is tearing DRC cities apart: what’s causing urban gullies, and how to prevent them
In fast-growing cities like some in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), heavy rains are carving huge scars into the land. Known as urban gullies, these deep erosion channels can swallow homes, ...
As June revs up, corn and soybean crops are mostly planted in central Illinois with some limited replanting still underway for both. Ken Ferrie says most of the corn replanting there is due to the ...
Ravaging effects of gully erosion in parts of the country took the attention of senators yesterday. They resolved to ask the Federal Government to take urgent steps to address the situation. The ...
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