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Soils on a warmer earth : effects of expected climate change on soil processes, with emphasis on the tropics and sub-tropics /

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 subjec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: International Workshop on Effects of Expected Climate Change on Soil Processes in the Tropics and Sub-tropics Nairobi, Kenya, United Nations Environment Programme, International Society of Soil Science
Otros Autores: Scharpenseel, H. W., Schomaker, M., Ayoub, A.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY, U.S.A. : Elsevier ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1990.
Colección:Developments in soil science ; 20.
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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.