{"id":27447,"date":"2023-09-07T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=27447"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:34:08","slug":"us-solar-farms-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/us-solar-farms-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar farms may encourage soil erosion in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Tech researchers will analyze erosion risk in the state’s solar installations. In the U.S., the problem is real. But several solutions are available<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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Assessing the impact of large solar farms<\/strong> on soil erosion and stormwater runoff is the goal of a group of researchers from Virginia Tech<\/strong>, or the Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, US. The initiative, according to<\/a> the Cardinal News website, will focus on six large facilities while filling some gap in investigations on the topic.<\/p>\n

The research, funded with $3.4 million from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, is in fact an alternative approach to studies based on predictive models<\/strong>. Scientists, in fact, aim to collect on-field data over a long enough time frame. The results of the study will allow the models to be adjusted.<\/p>\n

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Erosion in U.S. worse-than-expected, new study says<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n