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Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Ahmed M. Helmi
Summary: Soil erosion is a global challenge that causes environmental and economic problems. The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and its updates are widely used for assessing soil erosion. The application of USLE is difficult due to the variability of data accuracy and resolution across different regions. This study proposes a methodology that uses remote sensing, ArcGIS, and synthetic storm distribution to collect and process the necessary data for USLE. The results show good agreement between calculated and measured sediment release in two catchments in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.
AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Navneet Sharma, Arun Kaushal, Abrar Yousuf, Anil Sood, Samanpreet Kaur, Rakesh Sharda
Summary: Erosion of soil by water coupled with human activities is a serious issue of land degradation. This study assessed soil erosion in the lower Sutlej River basin in Punjab, India using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) combined with remote sensing and GIS. The results were used to prioritize watersheds for implementation of land and water conservation measures.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Indie G. G. Dapin, Victor B. B. Ella
Summary: This study aimed to assess the risk of soil erosion in Bukidnon watersheds, determine the spatial distribution of soil loss based on recent land cover maps, and predict soil loss under various rainfall scenarios based on climate change projections. Results showed that increasing vegetation cover and employing soil conservation measures can effectively reduce the risk of soil erosion.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ammar Ak. Ali, Alaa M. Al-Abbadi, Fadhil K. Jabbar, Hassan Alzahrani, Samie Hamad
Summary: The study utilized the RUSLE model, remotely sensed data, and GIS technology to assess soil erosion and prioritize conservation practices in the Ali Al-Gharbi district of southern Iraq. The results showed that soil erosion ranged from 0 to 1890 tons/hour, with an average of 0.66 tons/hour. The northern mountainous regions had higher erosion rates, while the southern and southeastern plains had lower rates. Based on the findings, only the northern portions of some sub-watersheds required high-priority conservation plans due to their impractical implementation in mountainous areas.
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jiri Brychta, Jana Podhrazska, Milada Stastna
Summary: This paper investigates the importance of rainfall erosivity factor (R) in soil erosion models and provides a detailed description of various factors and methods related to the accuracy of R values. The study also identifies issues and suggests improvements in existing methods.
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Environmental Sciences
Sushil N. Mhaske, Khanindra Pathak, Sonam Sandeep Dash, Dibyendu Bikas Nayak
Summary: The Saranda forest region in India is facing rapid socioeconomic development and soil erosion issues, necessitating soil erosion control planning. The study estimated the annual soil erosion in the area and identified erosion severity and favorable zones for sediment deposition using GIS integrated models.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Javier Fortuno Ibanez, Manuel Gomez Valentin, Dongwoo Jang
Summary: This study compares different methods to calculate erosion and sedimentation in the Aviar Basin in Andorra, finding that the KINEROS 2 model is useful in practice for estimating soil loss.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Lia Duarte, Mario Cunha, Ana Claudia Teodoro
Summary: Soil erosion is a severe issue in agriculture, and this study assessed soil loss in two regions using different methodologies and factors of the RUSLE equation. Eight erosion models were applied in Portugal, indicating that M5 and M6 methods may be more conservative.
Article
Soil Science
Asma Bouamrane, Ali Bouamrane, Habib Abida
Summary: This study aimed to identify and map soil erosion hazard in the Mellah Watershed in Northeastern Algeria using three different models (RUSLE, AHP, FR) and various erosion-conditioning factors. It generated vulnerability maps with five erosion risk classes and showed that areas of very high erosion risk occupied 5.06%, 10.91%, and 12.57% of the watershed area according to the RUSLE, FR, and AHP models respectively. Validation of the results using ROC curves and AUC values indicated good performances for the three models with AUC values of 97.9%, 95.7%, and 94.2% for RUSLE, AHP, and FR models respectively.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Walter Chen, Wu-Hsun Wang, Kieu Anh Nguyen
Summary: Soil erosion is a global problem exacerbated by global warming and extreme weather events. This study utilized the USPED model to investigate soil erosion and deposition in a reservoir watershed in Taiwan, finding an average erosion rate of 136.4 Mg/ha/year. The study also highlighted the patterns of erosion and deposition and their relation to rivers, roadways, and human activities.
Article
Agronomy
Antonio Martinez-Grana, Jerymy Carrillo, Lorena Lombana, Marco Criado, Carlos Palacios
Summary: The study quantified and calculated sheet water erosion caused by rainfall in a study area in Larrodrigo, Spain, using the RUSLE model and GIS techniques. It identified two vulnerable sectors to water erosion within the area: one near the Larrodrigo stream and the other in tributaries or channels, with soil losses ranging from 0.3 to more than 12 mm/year. The study helps to manage and organize human support practices to establish measures to prevent, mitigate, or correct areas with the most damage.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muqi Xiong, Guoyong Leng, Qiuhong Tang
Summary: Land use and management practices are crucial for regulating soil loss. This study analyzes and compares methods used to quantify the cover-management factor (C-factor) in Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE)-type models, providing insights into their strengths and weaknesses. The findings highlight the challenges of accurately determining C-factor values for large-scale assessments and suggest the need for future research to develop datasets and combine different methods for more robust estimation.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Songbai Wu, Li Chen, Ninglian Wang, Jin Zhang, Siqiang Wang, Vincenzo Bagarello, Vito Ferro
Summary: The scale effect on soil erosion is variable and dynamic for different erosion types, rainfall and soil characteristics, influencing the magnitude of scale effect. The essence of scaling in the hillslope soil erosion process can provide insights for the development of upscaling techniques for large-scale hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological processes.
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Engineering, Civil
Pawel Marcinkowski, Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska, Ignacy Kardel
Summary: Soil is essential for food production and plays a vital role as a habitat. Preventing soil erosion, particularly caused by water, is crucial. This study fills a research gap in modeling soil loss in Northern and Eastern Europe and assesses the impact of climate change on soil erosion rates in Poland. The results show projected increases in soil erosion rates in the future, highlighting the importance of soil conservation policies.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Liang Dong, Chenyu Ge, Hongming Zhang, Zihan Liu, Qinke Yang, Bei Jin, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Summary: The study introduces an improved method for calculating slope length in the DWESL model, which utilizes the ITF method combining topographical features slope line, contour curvature and cutoff factors. The extracted slope length using this method had the smallest error in verification of mathematical surfaces and its spatial distribution was more consistent with the terrain surface structure compared to the conventional flow direction algorithms in the original DWESL model.
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Forestry
Fernando Resquin, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Cecilia Rachid Casnati
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2019)
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Forestry
Fernando Resquin, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Cecilia Rachid-Casnati
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Agricultural Engineering
Fernando Resquin, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Cecilia Rachid Casnati, Luis Bentancor
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2020)
Article
Forestry
Fernando Resquin, Joaquin Duque-Lazo, Cristina Acosta-Munoz, Cecilia Rachid-Casnati, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo
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Veterinary Sciences
Ruben Dario Caffarena, Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Catalina Picasso-Risso, Bruna Nicoleti Santana, Franklin Riet-Correa, Federico Giannitti
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ignacio Macedo, Jose A. Terra, Guillermo Siri-Prieto, Jose Ignacio Velazco, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier
Summary: The study evaluated the energy performance of four rice-based rotation systems and found that rotations without pastures produced 79% more energy compared with rotations including pastures.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andres Beretta-Blanco, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier
Summary: In recent decades, rivers and lagoons in Uruguay have been experiencing increasing eutrophication, leading to water purification issues mainly due to nitrogen and phosphorus compounds. A study found that temperature, electrical conductivity, and pH are the most relevant factors affecting chlorophyll a concentrations, with land use changes not significantly impacting algae concentrations.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Mauricio Bustamante-Silveira, Guillermo Siri-Prieto, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier
Summary: Bioenergy is the most widely used form of renewable energy, but understanding water consumption and pollution is crucial for determining its water demand. Uruguayan policy emphasizes the use of bioenergy to decarbonize energy sources. The water footprint of four different bioethanol cropping systems varies, with switchgrass having the lowest water usage per hectare and per liter of ethanol.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Cecilia Rachid-Casnati, Fernando Resquin, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier
Summary: This study examines the sustainability of a small-scale biorefinery's wood supply chain by assessing its potential availability and environmental performance indicators. Results show that the wood production goal can maintain good environmental performance and comply with EU sustainability standards.
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Fernando Resquin, Luis Bentancor, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Cecilia Rachid-Casnati, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo
Summary: This study evaluated the biomass productivity, energy yield, and nutrient use efficiency of eucalyptus crops in Uruguay. The results showed a stabilization in biomass production, energy yield, and nutrient conversion efficiency between 49 and 57 months of age. E. benthamii and E. grandis were found to be more efficient in converting nutrients to biomass and energy.
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Rodrigo Zarza, Adrian Cal, Daniel Formoso, Santiago Medina, Dinorah Rey, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier
Summary: This study conducted the first delimitation of riparian zones within the country's water drainage network. Using a 1m vertical buffer in DTM allowed for the delimitation of riparian zones in Uruguay, revealing that 62% of the identified riparian areas were authentic, and the percentage of riparian areas identified under cultivation could increase to 46% with improved identification accuracy. The results indicated the presence of 4,608,890 hectares of riparian zones, with 94,651 hectares potentially under cultivation.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Andres Beretta-Blanco, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Silvana Bonifacino, Fernando Resquin, Mary Lopretti, Luciana Buxedas, Sylvia Vazquez, Mariana Gonzalez, Alejandra Sapolinski, Andres Hirigoyen, Javier Doldan, Cecilia Rachid, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier
Summary: The study planted different species of Eucalyptus trees in experimental fields in Uruguay, finding that species and planting density have an impact on biomass production and wood cellulose content. Different species showed varied performances at different sites, with the highest cellulose content and bioethanol productivity achieved in certain conditions.
Correction
Agricultural Engineering
Fernando Resquin, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Cecilia Rachid Casnati, Luis Bentancor
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2020)
Correction
Veterinary Sciences
Ruben Dario Caffarena, Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles, Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier, Catalina Picasso-Risso, Bruna Nicoleti Santana, Franklin Riet-Correa, Federico Giannitti
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2020)