Soils on a warmer earth : effects of expected climate change on soil processes, with emphasis on the tropics and sub-tropics / edited by H.W. Scharpenseel, and M. Schomaker, and A. Ayoub.

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International Workshop on Effects of Expected Climate Change on Soil Processes in the Tropics and Sub-tropics (1990 : Nairobi, Kenya)

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Series: Developments in soil science ; 20.1990Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 274 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

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9780080869889
0080869882
9780444888389
0444888381

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S596.3 .I585 1990eb

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Front Cover; Soils on a Warmer Earth; Copyright Page; Contents; Forewords; Preface; Conclusions and recommendations; Chapter 1. Overview of the greenhouse effect. Global change syndrome, general outlook; Chapter 2. Inputs to climatic change by soil and agriculture related activities. Present status and possible future trends; Chapter 3. Processes that affect soil morphology; Chapter 4. Influence of climatic change on soil moisture regime, texture, structure and erosion; Chapter 5. Resilience against climate change? Soil minerals, transformations and surface properties, Eh, Ph.

Summary: The theme of this book is a far reaching one and should attract great interest, both in industrialized as well as in less developed countries. Although the question of climate change and its effects on soil productivity is overshadowed by so many current events, it is almost certain that this subject will remain on the international agenda for the years to come; not only as science and research are concerned but also in relation to development policies, agricultural policies and others, especially since poor, rich, developed and developing countries are equally threatened by these problems.

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The theme of this book is a far reaching one and should attract great interest, both in industrialized as well as in less developed countries. Although the question of climate change and its effects on soil productivity is overshadowed by so many current events, it is almost certain that this subject will remain on the international agenda for the years to come; not only as science and research are concerned but also in relation to development policies, agricultural policies and others, especially since poor, rich, developed and developing countries are equally threatened by these problems.

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