Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

An assessment of the global impact of 21st century land use change on soil erosion

  • Pasquale Borrelli,
  • David A. Robinson,
  • Larissa R. Fleischer,
  • Emanuele Lugato,
  • Cristiano Ballabio,
  • Christine Alewell,
  • Katrin Meusburger,
  • Sirio Modugno,
  • Brigitta Schütt,
  • Vito Ferro,
  • Vincenzo Bagarello,
  • Kristof Van Oost,
  • Luca Montanarella,
  • Panos Panagos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02142-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Human activity and related land use change are the primary cause of soil erosion. Here, the authors show the impacts of 21st century global land use change on soil erosion based on an unprecedentedly high resolution global model that provides insights into the mitigating effects of conservation agriculture.