Soil Erosion can Affect Climate change

Soil Erosion means the removal of the top fertile layer that degrades the land, which means it can support fewer plants that can take in climate-warming carbon dioxide.

Soils themselves could potentially sequester enough greenhouse gases in a year to equal about 5% of all annual human-made greenhouse gas emissions. Better land management can help keep soils intact so they can grow more carbon-sucking vegetation. Soil is a non-renewable resource; humans cannot survive without soil because it is the basis of all terrestrial life. Soil is a vital resource that provides food, feed, fuel, and fiber. Soil is a medium for plant growth.

Now, along with the increasing concerns of food security, the soil has multi-functionality including environmental quality, the global climate change. Soil erosion not only reduces soil fertility, crop production, and biodiversity but also alters water quality and increases Anthropogenic activities involving deforestation, overgrazing, intensive cultivation, soil mismanagement, and urbanization accelerate the soil erosion hazard. Risks of global climate change and food insecurity. Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC) found that when cultivated without conservative practices, the soil is currently eroding up 100 times quicker than it is forming.

The risk of erosion will become even higher in the future due to emissions-driven temperature changes with a resulting decrease in agricultural production, land value, and human health.

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