Planetary limits to soil degradation
Clarisse T. Kraamwinkel, Anne Beaulieu, Teresa Dias, Ruth A. Howison
Abstract
Soils are essential to life on Earth but are rapidly degrading worldwide due to unsustainable human activities. We argue that soil degradation constitutes a key Earth system process that should be added to the planetary boundaries framework. Soils are essential to life on Earth but are rapidly degrading worldwide due to unsustainable human activities. We argue that soil degradation constitutes a key Earth system process that should be added to the planetary boundaries framework.
Topics & Concepts
AstrobiologySoil waterEarth scienceEarth system scienceDegradation (telecommunications)Earth (classical element)Planetary boundariesEnvironmental scienceSoil retrogression and degradationProcess (computing)Soil scienceEngineeringGeologyEcologyComputer scienceBiologySustainabilityPhysicsOperating systemMathematical physicsTelecommunicationsGlobal Energy and Sustainability ResearchEarth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionEcosystem dynamics and resilience