A new tower in Shanghai, China, is to boast a reflective, cloud-like façade sitting atop staggered, landscaped terraces reminiscent of a rocky hillside. The features will demarcate the building's ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In southern Ethiopia, the Konso people have maintained a 400-year-old stone terracing system, essential for farming in the region’s semiarid ...

The recent spell of heavy rain in the Nilgiris has led to erosion of top soil from many agricultural lands. Concerns over the prospects of top soil loss affecting agricultural yield in the coming ...

Scientists are working with farmers to help them reclaim sloping land ruined by heavy rainfall, through terracing and planting extra crops that hold the soil in place in a drive they say repairs soil ...