The restoration of degraded lands and minimizing the degradation of productive lands are at
the forefront of many environmental land management schemes around the world. A key …

When exposed to chemicals, the micro-structural evolution of the loess and the impacts on
the macro-mechanical properties are considered crucial for contaminated land reclamation …

Cation exchange capacity (CEC) is a major indicator of soil quality and nutrient retention
capacity. Despite the considerable progress in CEC prediction using various models …

Clear-cutting of Oak forests and intensive cultivation on the hilly regions of the Zagros
Mountains has led to plausible threats on the natural ecosystem and catastrophic floods in …

To avoid soil degradation, adapt to climate change and comply with the Sustainable
Development goals 2030 (UN General Assembly), establishing the quality/fertility of the …

Graphene waste has had enormous growth due to many industrial applications. Agriculture
exploits waste through the circular economy, and graphene waste is thereby investigated in …

Climate change factors alter soil microbial biomass and respiration, which represent two key
parameters of carbon (C) cycling in soils. While these interrelations are increasingly well …

Introduction Soil quality deterioration with the introduction of modern agriculture is a major
threat to agricultural sustainability and food security and the problem is more aggravated …

Agroforestry systems (AFSs) with oil palm are expected to have better soil quality than
monocultures of this crop. The variation in soil physical quality between oil palm …

Wetting and drying (WD) cycles have a strong influence on the structure of soil, especially on
the pore distribution, which can significantly affect soil quality and crop growth. Most studies …