Title: Soil Health and Climate Change: An Overview
Abstract: Soil health refers to soil's capacity to perform agronomic functions including sustainable production of crops and animals while maintaining and improving the environment. Key indicators of soil health are soil texture, tilth, color, biodiversity, water intake rate, droughtiness, internal drainage, and resilience against perturbation. There is a strong link between soil health and human health. Strategies to manage soil health depend on soil functions and planned land use. The goal to manage soil health in agricultural and forestry ecosystems is to enhance and sustain biomass production while improving water quality, and mitigating and adapting to changing climate. The projected climate change may adversely impact soil health by reducing soil organic matter content, decreasing soil structure, and increasing vulnerability to erosion and other degradation processes. Soil C sequestration by improving soil health is a cost-effective and a natural process of off-setting anthropogenic emissions while also advancing food security and improving the environment.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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