Soil Quality and Biofuel Production

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• From its humble beginning in the late 19th century―when Henry Ford's first car was designed to run on ethanol―biofuel production has been on the rise ... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 17
• Soil degradation is clearly one of the most pressing problems facing man- kind. A continuation of soil degradation will eventually lead to a loss in c... Lees meer

Methods for Assessment of Soil Degradation

Rattan Lal, Winfried E H Blum, C Valentin

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Soil degradation has serious global impacts on agronomic, economic, and sociopolitical conditions, however, statistics regarding the degree of these i... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 18
• Advances in Soil Science was conceived in 1982 to provide a forum for leading international scientists to analyze and summarize the available scientif... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 12
• Soil is formed from the physical and chemical weathering of rocks-processes described historically becau'se they involve eons of time-by glaciation an... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 6
• The world needs for food and fiber continue to increase. Population growth in the developing countries peaked at 2. 4 percent a year in 1965 and has f... Lees meer

Urban Soils

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Globally, 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950, 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North Am... Lees meer

Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• The most complete, nonpartisan source of information on this hot agronomic topic available today, this book brings together a diverse group of papers ... Lees meer

World Soil Resources and Food Security

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Soil-The Basis of All Terrestrial Life Ancient civilizations and cultures-Mayan, Aztec, Mesopotamian, Indus, and Yangtze-were built on good soils, sur... Lees meer

Urban Soils

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Globally, 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950, 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North Am... Lees meer

Assessment Methods for Soil Carbon

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Since carbon sequestration in soils reduces the amount of carbon available to the atmosphere, the Kyoto Protocols have heightened interest in soil car... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 11
• The purpose of Advances in Soil Science is to provide a forum for leading scientists to analyze and summarize the available scientific information on ... Lees meer

Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Soil organic matter (SOM) is the primary determinant of soil functionality. Soil organic carbon (SOC) accounts for 50% of the SOM content, accompanied... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 9
• Soil is formed from the physical and chemical weathering of rocks-processes described historically because they involve eons of time-by glaciation, an... Lees meer

Food Security and Soil Quality

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Just five years ago, it was generally believed that the number of food insecure people in the world was on continuous decline. Unfortunately, widespre... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 20
• The key to sustaining the soil resource base is to maintain, or enhance, soil quality. Soil quality cannot be seen or measured directly from the soil ... Lees meer

Advances in Soil Science

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 2
• The world population in 1930 was 2 billion. It reached 3 billion in 1960, stands at 4. 6 billion today, and is expected to reach 6 billion by the end ... Lees meer

Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water. Technological innovations to enhance availab... Lees meer

Methods for Assessment of Soil Degradation

Rattan Lal, Winfried E H Blum, C Valentin, B A Stewart

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 9
• Soil degradation has serious global impacts on agronomic, economic, and sociopolitical conditions, however, statistics regarding the degree of these i... Lees meer

Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Tropical ecosystems - the regions between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn - play an important role in global processes, economic issues, and polit... Lees meer

Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 11
• World soils contain about 1500 gigatons of organic carbon. This large carbon reserve can increase atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by soil misuse or ... Lees meer

Structure and Organic Matter Storage in Agricultural Soils

M R Carter, B a Stewart

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science | nr. 8
• Soils comprise the largest pool of terrestrial carbon and therefore are an important component of carbon storage in the biosphere-atmosphere system. S... Lees meer

Soil-Specific Farming

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Faced with challenges of resource scarcity and environmental degradation, it is important to adopt innovative farming systems that maximize resource e... Lees meer

Soil Organic Carbon and Feeding the Future

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Soil Science
• Soil organic matter (SOM) is a highly reactive constituent of the soil matrix because of its large surface area, high ion exchange capacity, enormous ... Lees meer