The Science of the total environment
The hidden consequences of agricultural development: Soil degradation and pesticide contamination in the South American Pampa.
Amaury Bardelle, Renaldo Gastineau, Floriane Guillevic, Anthony Foucher, Pierre-Alexis Chaboche, José Antonio Corcho-Alvarado, Stefan Röllin, Guillermo Chalar, Pierre Sabatier, Marcos Tassano, Nathalie Cottin, Rosalie Vandromme, Olivier Cerdan, Christine Alewell, Olivier Evrard
Published: 202510.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180584
Abstract
Agricultural expansion has led to an acceleration of soil erosion and sediment dynamics in South America in general and in the Pampa biome in particular. This region is a hotspot of land-use and land-cover changes and was marked by important and rapi…
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