Assessing the impact of climate change on soil erosion by water

Publication date: 21/08/2024
Extent: 26 pages

Contributions by: Karl Auerswald, Technical University of Munich, Germany; and Peter Fiener, University of Augsburg, Germany

Chapter synopsis:

This chapter focuses on assessing the impact of climate change on soil erosion by water. It begins by first describing the influence of climate change on event and annual erosivity, then moves on to discuss the influence of climate change on the protective effect of crops. A section on snowmelt erosion is also provided, before the chapter concludes with an overview of the multiple influences that climate change has on soil erosion.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2023.0131.05