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Author Handelsman, Jo, author.

Title A world without soil : the past, present, and precarious future of the earth beneath our feet / Jo Handelsman ; with research and creative contributions by Kayla Cohen.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  551 HANDELSMAN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  333.73 HANDELSMAN    Check Shelf
Description x, 262 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Dawning-An Invisible Crisis -- Earth's Dark Matter -- Earth Works -- Chaos to Orders: A Short Interlude -- Wind, Water, and Plows -- Rocky Planet -- The Climate-Soil Duet -- Soil Stewards -- Soil Heroes -- A World With Soil.
Summary A scientist's manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change.
Subject Soil conservation.
Soil erosion -- Climatic factors.
Soil erosion.
Added Author Cohen, Kayla, researcher.
ISBN 030025640X
9780300256406
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