Preventing soil erosion, surface runoff Date: May 20, 2015 Source: South Dakota State University Summary: The same spring rains that lessen producers' concerns about drought can also lead to soil ...

More information: Boluwatife S. Olubusoye et al, Removal of microplastics from agricultural runoff using biochar: a column feasibility study, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2024). DOI: 10. ...

Some agricultural pesticides used in the Midwest can also be carried to the wetland through surface runoff. Nitrates are lost from upland sites primarily through subsurface drainage. In the wetland, ...

leading to high P concentrations at the surface. Even if you get less particulate loss, runoff will pick up that dissolved P that's highly concentrated at the soil surface." Shipitalo and his team ...