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Abstract moisture–atmosphere interactions are key elements of the regional climate system. There is a well-founded hope that a more accurate representation of the moisture–precipitation feedback would improve the simulation of summer precipitation on daily to seasonal, to climate time scales. However, uncertainties have persistently remained as the simulated feedback is strongly ...

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Considering a initiative for – Chicago Council on …

of issues built from site-specific information exists. Even so, it is widely understood that the main -quality issues include erosion, loss of organic mat-ter, nutrient deficits and imbalances, loss of biodiver-sity, salinization, acidification, and sealing. For Sub-Saharan , an estimated 65 percent

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Farmers are being paid millions to trap carbon in … –

The model, launched in the 1980s, was originally called Century because it simulated carbon dynamics on timescales of a century or longer.As concerns about climate change grew, the CSU team looked to expand the model to capture how the three major greenhouse gases—CO 2, methane, and N 2 O—pass between air and land during a growing season.

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The Network for Biology and Fertility: New …

Intensification of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan is necessary to address rural poverty and natural resource degradation. Integrated Fertility Management (ISFM) is a means to enhance crop productivity while maximizing the agronomic efficiency (AE) of applied inputs, and can thus contribute to sustainable intensification.

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farmers desperate for fresh are clearing fragile forestlands and wildlife habitat. Roy added that only 4% of arable land is irrigated, so water-supply problems also need to be addressed. The report will be presented at an Fertilizer Summit to be held in Abuja, Nigeria, in June, where remedies such as cheap fertilizer ...

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EJP Special Issue – Climate-smart sustainable …

A guideline to agricultural management: three layers for sustainable management: the biosphere: healthy soils and (bio)diverse landscapes (green bar); solutions: based on functioning of the natural system (yellow bar); enabling conditions: finding the social and economic enable conditions (blue bar).

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The State of Degradation in Sub-Saharan … – MDPI

The primary cause of degradation in sub-Saharan (SSA) is expansion and intensification of agriculture in efforts to feed its growing population. Effective solutions will support resilient systems, and must cut across agricultural, environmental, and socioeconomic objectives. While many studies compare and contrast the effects of different management practices on properties ...

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Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world: the …

Landmark Paper 3 on the global status of carbon by Niels Batjes, first published in the Journal of in 1996, (Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world; N.H. Batjes, Journal of , 1996, 47, 151–163) was, arguably, the first paper to alert the world to the functional role of soils at this ...

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degradation is a widespread problem resulting in decreased agricultural productivity while demand for food continues to increase. Degradation is caused by accelerated erosion, acidification, contamination, depletion of organic matter and plant nutrients, and salinization. The major cause of degradation is ...

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Russia …

Socioeconomic transformation together with climate change in recent decades significantly affected the geography of agricultural erosion Russia. Calculations of erosion rate and loss from slopes using logical-mathematical erosion models within different landscape zones and administrative regions revealed spatial-temporal regularities in the dynamics of these parameters and ...

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EnvEuro Environmental – , Water and Biodiversity …

Environmental - , Water and Biodiversity (EnvEuro) is a two-year double degree Master Program in Environmental , offered by four leading universities. The double degree MSc program focus on , Water and Biodiversity. It features an introduction to environmental , 6 specialisations, and finally a ...

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-Improving Cropping Systems for Sustainable and … – MDPI

Crop production faces the challenge to remain profitable while at the same time achieving environmental sustainability. Average wheat yields in several . countries are less than what is locally attainable [1,2,3,4], possibly because of suboptimal management and/or impairment caused by poor quality (defined as ‘the capacity of a to function within ecosystem and ...

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Acidification of croplands by nitrogen fertilization …

acidification is an ongoing problem in intensively cultivated croplands due to inefficient and excessive nitrogen (N) fertilization. We collected high-resolution data comprising 19,969 topsoil (0–20 cm) samples from the Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) of the commission in 2009 to assess the impact of N fertilization on buffering substances such as carbonates and ...

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Full article: – Taylor & Francis Online

Price R360. The classification of soils in South has, until now, been a rather mysterious subject, quietly studied and mostly understood only by a few seasoned pedologists and practitioners, most often seated in the departments of academic and research institutions of South . The detailed and unique South ...

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pollution and ecosystems — Environment Agency

The intensity and impact of pollution vary significantly across . This is due to the large differences across regions with respect to properties, land use, the type and number of agricultural inputs (fertilisers or manure) and climate. The EU strategy for 2030 reiterates the general zero pollution ambition: by 2050, ...

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Editorial – Oliver – 2015 – …

The Journal and the Journal of before it have always been esteemed by readers and contributors alike, and Steve has left the EJSS in good shape. I am enthusiastic about my new role and I intend to maintain the Journal's high standard under my leadership. The end product of the Journal is the result of a team effort.

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Department of – Stellenbosch University

The Department of considers the management and improvement of Southern 's soils to be of crucial importance, and a huge responsibility rests on the shoulders of researchers in this field to promote the sensible and sustainable utilisation of the . The Department of teaches and conducts research in all the ...

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bulk density assessment – ScienceDirect

The topsoil Land Use and Cover Area frame Statistical survey (LUCAS) aims at collecting harmonised data about the state of health over the extent of Union (EU). In the LUCAS 2018 survey, bulk density has been analysed for three depths, i.e., 0–10 cm = 6140 sites; 10–20 cm = 5684 sites and 20–30 cm =139 sites.

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Earthworm research in the Journal of …

The following collection of papers provides an overview of earthworm research published in the () Journal of that focussed on their relationships with different processes over the last 70 years. A major theme throughout that time has been the investigation of the biopores created in soils by earthworms and their role ...

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Towards enhanced adoption of ‐improving management …

The regional challenges were: avoiding acidification and salinization, avoiding peat degradation, and avoiding sealing (see Thorsøe et al. and JRC for the distribution of challenges across ). Second, the three challenges of reducing N 2 O and CH 4 emissions from soils, reducing contamination, and enhancing ...

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