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Soil salinization --- Soil management --- Soil ecology --- Control

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Soil management --- Humification --- Soils --- Soil degradation --- Composition --- Control --- Quality

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Soil erosion. --- Soil conservation. --- Agriculture. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Accelerated erosion --- Erosion --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation

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This book introduces the reader to the Great Lakes and considers their soil-forming factors and processes, taxonomic structure of the soils, soil geography and pedodiversity, while also addressing the importance and protection of soils in the Great Lakes Coastal Zone. The Great Lakes are an important part of the USA and Canada. Home to 33 million people, including 90% of all Canadians, the Great Lakes account for 20% of the world’s surface freshwater and 90% of the USA’s freshwater. Key industries include shipping, steel and automobile production, energy generation, fishing, pulp and papermaking, agriculture, and recreation. To date, there has been no comprehensive inventory of the region’s soils, which are now subject to dramatic climate change and environmental degradation. This book was prepared using the US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service databases, including the Web Soil Survey, Soil Series Extent Explorer, soil classification and characterization databases, and county soil surveys, supplemented by shoreline viewer software, the author’s independent research, consultation with colleagues, and survey trips around the Great Lakes. .

Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Physical geography. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Geography --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation

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Le sol est l’origine du monde, car il le porte, le nourrit et le protège. Il est construit par sa biodiversité, qui représente 25 % des espèces connues. Il fourmille d’animaux et de microbes qui vivent et se nourrissent de façons incroyablement variées : cette diversité assure tout simplement… le fonctionnement des écosystèmes terrestres. Le sol fait aussi la fertilité des océans, régule le cours des rivières et modifie le climat. C’est une puissante et étonnante construction du monde vivant. Hélas ! Méconnaissant le sol, qui nous paraît opaque et sale, nous l’avons endommagé depuis des millénaires. Urbanisation, agricultures inadaptées, salinisation, pollution… l’empêchent d’assurer ses services inestimables et il disparaît sous nos yeux par érosion. Marc-André Selosse nous invite à un magnifique périple souterrain, accessible à tous, entre les composants du sol et sa vie débordante. Il nous fait découvrir la partie souterraine et méconnue des plantes. Enfin, il conclut avec optimisme sur les gestes grâce auxquels nous transmettrons des sols intacts aux générations futures. Car ceux-ci peuvent devenir des outils de développement durable. Avec sa faconde habituelle et un brin d’humour dans l’illustration, l’auteur nous raconte simplement le sol et éclaire de nombreuses observations banales. En comprenant ce sol que nous piétinons, nous retisserons notre lien perdu au monde naturel

Sols. --- Sols --- Pédologie. --- Cultures et sols. --- Écologie des sols. --- Écosystèmes. --- Animaux des sols. --- Relations plante-sol. --- Dégradation. --- Écologie des sols --- Relations plante-sol --- Interaction sol-atmosphère --- Ecologie --- Pédologie --- Reconnaissance des sols --- Eau --- Flore --- Biologie végétale --- Biodiversité --- Environnement naturel --- Ecosystème --- Soils --- Soil and civilization. --- Soil management. --- Soil biodiversity. --- Environmental aspects.