Soil

Turkey began 2021 experiencing intense drought in a majority of its provinces, two maps published on Jan. 19 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) showed.

More than 80 percent of Turkey's soil is facing "severe drought," NASA's maps showed.

World-famous Konyaaltı beach in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya has lost nearly 10,000 square meters of soil in the last 10 months due to erosion, an expert has warned.

In an interview for AGERPRES, former Minister of Agriculture and current head of the Academy for Agricultural Science Valeriu Tabara said that in Romania, the ongoing, undisputable climate change has brought along a gradual rise in temperatures in the last 15-20 years, by 2 - 2.5 degrees Celsius on average, thus triggering a soil drying process, particularly in the regions of Dobrogea, the Danu

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCD) was observed on June 17 to raise awareness of international efforts on ways to recover and restore degraded soil.

Trabzon, one of the largest provinces in Turkey's Black Sea region, faces a major environmental threat. Up to 80 percent of the city's beaches have been filled with soil. For this process, fertile topsoil has been used.

The archaeologists of the UK have discovered previously unknown traces of ancient structures that look like markings in the fields. The find was made possible by the heat, because of which the grass above the ruins, hidden by a thin layer of soil, grew differently than in the surrounding terrain.

At least 13 are already the victims of the muddy streams that took home and destroyed an important road in Montessito, in the southern part of the US state of California. There are destroyed houses, whose inhabitants are missing. The area, hit by a storm and torrential rains, has recently been hit by forest fires as well.

A rejuvenated Brazil looking to heal the wounds of home soil humiliation four years ago will lead the South American charge for the World Cup in 2018, but a slew of European powerhouses stand in the way of redemption in Russia.

This is the moment an underground water pipe exploded, sending rocks and soil flying and damaging nearby cars and buildings.

The huge bulge of soil exploded into the air after a high-pressure water pipe burst in the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev on Monday.

The spectacular explosion left a huge hole in the ground as muddy water flooded the streets!

In our country, coal power plants are being opened one after the other. Almost every day we say, "Agriculture has died; we import everything." To be able to understand the relationship between the two, let us look at how coal investments affect agriculture.