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A world without soil : the past, present, and precarious future of the Earth beneath our feet
A scientist's manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change.
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A World Without Soil
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 solutions. She considers lessons learned from indigenous
people who have sustainably farmed the same land for thousands of
years, practices developed for large-scale agriculture, and
proposals using technology and policy initiatives.
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