Soils and Global Change (Advances in Soil Science)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 464 pages
• Published by: CRC-Press
• Edition: 1st Edition May 23, 1995
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 156670118X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1566701181
• Book Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 2.5 pounds

Product Description
The pedosphere - the thin mantel of soil on the earth's surface - plays a potentially crucial role in climate and climate change . The carbon storage of soils is the second largest in the biosphere, making the dynamics of soil organic carbon an important issue that must be understood if we are to fully comprehend global change. This new book looks at the importance of soils and their relationship to global change, specifically to the greenhouse effect. Soils and Global Change presents a state-of-the-art enyclopedia of our present knowledge of soils. This up-to-date information source enables readers to delve into the literature about soils and climate change and examine soils in both natural and managed environments.