The dust cycle is an integral part of the Earth system. Each year, an estimated 2000 Mt dust
is emitted into the atmosphere, 75% of which is deposited to the land and 25% to the ocean …

Loess deposits are recorders of aeolian activity during past glaciations. Since the size
distribution of loess deposits depends on distance to the dust source, and environmental …

Soil carbon (C) is a critical component of Earth system models (ESMs), and its diverse
representations are a major source of the large spread across models in the terrestrial C …

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a
vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling …

In recent years, the focus of microplastic research has begun to observe a shift from the
marine towards terrestrial and freshwater environments. This is in response to a greater …

Aeolian processes are tightly linked to soil and vegetation change in arid and semi-arid
systems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Wind influences patterns of vegetation and …

Wind erosion is a typical natural hazard in arid and semiarid regions. In recent decades,
China has shown significant changes of greening trend due to a range of several ecological …

Vegetation is known to impact strongly the erosion of soil by the wind. Lateral cover is the
primary parameter used to represent the amount of vegetation in aeolian research and, in …

The susceptibility of a land surface to wind erosion is highly sensitive to changes in soil
erodibility. Nonetheless, the performance of wind erosion models continues to be affected by …

Summary 1 The concept of assessing forests for carbon sequestration is well established.
Operationally, estimating a forests' potential to sequester carbon requires comparing its …