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A world without soil : the past, present, and precarious future of the earth beneath our feet / Jo Handelsman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Handelsman, Jo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soil erosion--Climatic factors.
- Soil erosion.
- Soil conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- A scientist's manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1 Dawning-An Invisible Crisis
- 2 Earth's Dark Matter
- 3 Earth Works
- 4 Chaos to Orders: A Short Interlude
- 5 Wind, Water, and Plows
- 6 Rocky Planet
- 7 The Climate-Soil Duet
- 8 Soil Stewards
- 9 Soil Heroes
- 10 A World With Soil
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-26310-4
- OCLC:
- 1273973825
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