A World Without Soil The Past Present and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet by Jo Handelsman
epub | 6.32 MB | English |
Isbn: B09HKMKVNB |
Author: Jo Handelsman |
Year: 2021
Description:
A scientist's manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change This book by celebrated biologist Jo Handelsman lays bare the complex connections among climate change
soil erosion
food and water security
and drug discovery. Humans depend on soil for 95 percent of global food production
yet let it erode at unsustainable rates. In the United States
China
and India
vast tracts of farmland will be barren of topsoil within this century. The combination of intensifying erosion caused by climate change and the increasing food needs of a growing world population is creating a desperate need for solutions to this crisis. Writing for a nonspecialist audience
Jo Handelsman celebrates the capacities of soil and explores the soil-related challenges of the near future. She begins by telling soil's origin story
explains how it erodes and the subsequent repercussions worldwide
and offers...
Category:Geology Natural Resources Conservation
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