Earth Matters: How Soil Underlies Civilization [Audiobook] download free by Richard D. Bardgett
- Listen audiobook: Earth Matters: How Soil Underlies Civilization
- Author: Richard D. Bardgett
- Release date: 2016/12/15
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9780199668564
- Rating: 8.62 of 10
- Votes: 533
- Review by: Marcus Chase
- Review rating: 9.25 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/4
- Duration: 2H45M24S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG-4 ALS, WAV, WMA, OPUS, MP4, FLAC, MPEG4, MP3 (compression TAR.7Z, RAR, ZIP, TAR)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 24 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 17M36S (4.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: For much of history, soil has played a major, and often central, role in the lives of humans. Entire societies have risen, and collapsed, through the management or mismanagement of soil; farmers and gardeners worldwide nurture their soil to provide their plants with water, nutrients, and protection from pests and diseases; major battles have been aborted or stalled by the condition of soil; murder trials have been solved with evidence from the soil; and, for most of us, our ultimate fate is the soil. In this book Richard Bardgett discusses soil and the many, and sometimes surprising, ways that humanity has depended on it throughout history, and still does today. Analysing the role soil plays in our own lives, despite increasing urbanization, and in the biogeochemical cycles that allow the planet to function effectively, Bardgett considers how superior soil management could combat global issues such as climate change, food shortages, and the extinction of species. Looking to the future, Bardgett argues that it is vital for the future of humanity for governments worldwide to halt soil degradation, and to put in place policies for the future sustainable management of soils.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Wildlife: General Interest, Soil Science, Sedimentology, Earth Sciences, Management Of Land & Natural Resources, Social Impact Of Environmental Issues
- Download servers: CloudMe, Hotfile, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Torrent Project, FileServe, FreakShare. Compressed in TAR.7Z, RAR, ZIP, TAR
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 19.73 USD
- Dimensions: 144x222x23mm
- Weight: 348g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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