Soil and human security in the 21st century

Science

Volumn 348, Issue 6235, 2015, Pages

  Amundson, Ronald ^a   Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw ^b   Hopmans, Jan W ^c   Olson, Carolyn ^d   Sztein, A Ester ^e   Sparks, Donald L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Land Air and Water Resources ^*  (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^f University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOPOLITICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURVIVAL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SINK; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPLAND; DOMESTICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MOISTURE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGELAND; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WARMING; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SURVIVAL; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; NITROGEN; SOIL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84929008653     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1261071     Document Type: Review

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