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Soil Salinisation. Soil Biology. Why is Soil Biology Important?

Soil Biology

| What Regulates Soil Biology? | Measuring Soil Biology | Management and Soil Biology | Soil Evaluation of Biological Productivity. Soil Erosion. Soil erosion is a natural process, occurring over geological time, and indeed it is a process that is essential for soil formation in the first place.

Soil Erosion

With respect to soil degradation, most concerns about erosion are related to accelerated erosion, where the natural rate has been significantly increased mostly by human activity. Soil erosion by water is a widespread problem throughout Europe. The processes of soil erosion involve detachment of material by two processes, raindrop impact and flow traction; and transported either by saltation through the air or by overland water flow. Runoff is the most important direct driver of severe soil erosion by water and therefore processes that influence runoff play an important role in any analysis of soil erosion intensity.

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A New Kind of Metal in the Deep Earth

—The crushing pressures and intense temperatures in Earth’s deep interior squeeze atoms and electrons so closely together that they interact very differently. With depth materials change. New experiments and supercomputer computations discovered that iron oxide undergoes a new kind of transition under deep Earth conditions. Iron oxide, FeO, is a component of the second most abundant mineral at Earth’s lower mantle, ferropericlase. Mind & Life Institute — Building a scientific understanding of the mind to reduce suffering and promote well-being. The Institute of Science In Society. Explore. NASA. Science.gov: USA.gov for Science - Government Science Portal.