Reviews current understanding of the mechanisms of soil erosion, focussing on water-based and wind-based erosion processesConsiders the effectiveness of mitigation measures to reduce soil erosion, including buffer strips, zero/no-tillage and cover cropsAddresses recent advances in techniques used to measure, predict, track and model soil erosion, including digital soil mapping and proximal instrumental techniques

How an ancient rubbish dump has given us a unique view of life 2,000 years agoIn 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a mound south of Cairo. Ten years later, they had uncovered 500,000 fragments of papyri. Shipped back to Oxford, the meticulous and scholarly work of deciphering these fragments began. It is still going on today. As well as Christian writings from totally unknown gospels and Greek poems not seen by human eyes since the fall of Rome, there ar...