John Quinton

TL;DR: The European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM) as mentioned in this paper is a dynamic distributed model able to simulate sediment transport, erosion and deposition over the land surface by rill and interill processes in single storms for both individual fields and small catchments.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore and discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the most effective manner and recommend the following steps to be taken by the soil science community as a whole: (i) embrace the UN SDGs, as they provide a platform that allows soil science to demonstrate its relevance for realizing a sustainable society by 2030; (ii) show the specific value of soil science: research should explicitly show how using modern soil information can improve the results of inter-and transdisciplinary studies on SDGs related to food security

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the mobilization and deposition of agricultural soils can significantly alter nutrient and carbon cycling, and that erosion can result in lateral fluxes of nitrogen and phosphorus that are similar in magnitude to those induced by fertilizer application and crop removal.

TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive database of short to medium-term erosion rates as measured on erosion plots in Europe under natural rainfall was compiled from the literature, and statistical analysis confirmed the dominant influence of land use and cover on soil erosion rates.