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Article Dans Une Revue International Soil and Water Conservation Research Année : 2023

Towards a better understanding of pathways of multiple co-occurring erosion processes on global cropland

Pasquale Borrelli
Christine Alewell
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Jae E. Yang
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Nejc Bezak
Yixian Chen
Ayele Almaw Fenta
Surya Gupta
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Francis Matthews
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Sirio Modugno
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Nigussie Haregeweyn
David A. Robinson
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Florence Tan
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Matthias Vanmaercke
Gert Verstraeten
Diana C.S. Vieira
Panos Panagos

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Soil erosion is a complex process involving multiple natural and anthropic agents, causing the deterioration of multiple components comprising soil health. Here, we provide an estimate of the spatial patterns of cropland susceptibility to erosion by sheet and rill, gully, wind, tillage, and root crops harvesting and report the co-occurrence of these processes using a multi-model approach. In addition, to give a global overview of potential future changes, we identify the locations where these multiple concurrent soil erosion processes may be expected to intersect with projected dry/wet climate changes by 2070. Of a modelled 1.48 billion hectares (B ha) of global cropland, our results indicate that 0.56 B ha (∼36% of the total area) are highly susceptible (classes 4 and 5) to a single erosion process, 0.27 B ha (∼18% of the total area) to two processes and 0.02 B ha (1.4% of the total area) to three or more processes. An estimated 0.82 B ha of croplands are susceptible to possible increases in water (0.68 B ha) and wind (0.14 B ha) erosion. We contend that the presented set of estimates represents a basis for enhancing our foundational knowledge on the geography of soil erosion at the global scale. The generated insight on multiple erosion processes can be a useful starting point for decision-makers working with ex-post and ex-ante policy evaluation of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 (Life on Land) activities. Scientifically, this work provides the hitherto most comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risks at the global scale, based on state-of-the-art models.
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hal-04194996 , version 1 (19-09-2023)

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Pasquale Borrelli, Christine Alewell, Jae E. Yang, Nejc Bezak, Yixian Chen, et al.. Towards a better understanding of pathways of multiple co-occurring erosion processes on global cropland. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2023, ⟨10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.07.008⟩. ⟨hal-04194996⟩
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