Climate Change Impact on Soil Erosion in Sub-tropical Environment
Application of Empirical and Semi-empirical Models
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Climate change and geo-environmental factors influencing desertification: a critical review
The problem of desertification (DSF) is one of the most severe environmental disasters which influence the overall condition of the environment. In Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit on Environment and Development (1...
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Retraction Note: Weather indicators and improving air quality in association with COVID-19 pandemic in India
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Modeling soil erosion susceptibility using GIS-based different machine learning algorithms in monsoon dominated diversified landscape in India
Severe rainfall causes soil to erode, which has far-reaching effects on the natural environment and anthropogenic activity. It is regulated by the interplay of “lithology, orography, hydrography, land use, and...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Weather indicators and improving air quality in association with COVID-19 pandemic in India
The COVID-19 pandemic enforced nationwide lockdown, which has restricted human activities from March 24 to May 3, 2020, resulted in an improved air quality across India. The present research investigates the c...
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Map** of earthquake hotspot and coldspot zones for identifying potential landslide hotspot areas in the Himalayan region
Landslide and earthquake are two of the dangerous natural hazards in the Himalayan mountainous ranges. This study focused on small-scale landslide susceptibility (LS) maps as well as hotspot zones of earthquak...
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Application of the novel state-of-the-art soft computing techniques for groundwater potential assessment
Groundwater is one of the important ecological elements which are now considered as vulnerable resources. The absence and shortage of this precious resource can be grown into an ecologically fragile condition....
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Correction to: Water‑induced erosion potentiality and vulnerability assessment in Kangsabati river basin, eastern India
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Water-induced erosion potentiality and vulnerability assessment in Kangsabati river basin, eastern India
The large-scale water-induced erosion is one of the most determining elements on land degradation in subtropical monsoon-dominated region. From this large-scale erosion, the fertility of the agricultural land ...
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A novel hybrid of meta-optimization approach for flash flood-susceptibility assessment in a monsoon-dominated watershed, Eastern India
The exponential growth in the number of flash flood events is a global threat, and detecting a flood-prone area has also become a top priority. The flash flood-susceptibility map** can help to mitigate the w...
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Evaluation of debris flow and landslide hazards using ensemble framework of Bayesian- and tree-based models
The modeling and prediction of land movement susceptibility hazards, i.e., debris flow, landslide, and rock fall, can assist in controlling and preventing a variety of societal and environmental damages. The p...
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Sociopolitical Policy Implication
Land degradation declines the ecosystem and productivity loss of agricultural land. Asia got the highest position in terms of land degradation. More than 100 countries are suffering from land degradation and p...
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Geophysical Settings of South Bengal
The “Bengal basin” is located in the state of West Bengal, in the north-eastern region of the Indian subcontinent. The “Bengal basin” was formed by divergent subsidence during the “Middle-Upper Cretaceous peri...
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Introduction to Soil Erosion Study
“Soil erosion” is a global problem to natural resources and is particularly effective in reducing crop yield because of a loss in soil fertility, while multifunctional reserve storage is depleted due to contin...
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Morphotectonics Characteristics and Its Control on Soil Erosion
The influence of the “morphotectonic characteristics” on “erosion potentiality” assessment has been estimated in this chapter. The related parameter has been selected with considering recent literatures relate...
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Soil Loss Estimation Using Different Empirical and Semi-empirical Models
“Soil erosion” caused by water is one of the most severe aspects of land degradation processes. This type of problem is more acute in the “subtropical environment” than in other parts of the world. The erosion...
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Impact of Climate and LULC Change on Soil Erosion
In the present study, the potential impact of “climate” and “land use and land cover (LULC)” change on soil erosion has been estimated. In this perspective, the future rainfall scenario in the projected period...
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Have any effect of COVID-19 lockdown on environmental sustainability? A study from most polluted metropolitan area of India
The long-term lockdown due to COVID-19 has beneficial impact on the natural environment. India has enforced a lockdown on 24th March 2020 and was subsequently extended in various phases. The lockdown due to th...
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Chemical weathering and gully erosion causing land degradation in a complex river basin of Eastern India: an integrated field, analytical and artificial intelligence approach
Hot and humid subtropical plateau regions are susceptible to land degradation in the form of weathering and gully erosion. Here, we investigate chemical weathering, gully erosion and cohesiveness through field...
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Estimation of Surface Runoff
The land degradation from the different forms of erosion due to water action is very much familiar in the subtropical environments. The “Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN)” is considered as a reli...
