In a handful of fertile soil, there are more individual organisms than the total number of human beings that have ever existed.

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Task Force: Soil Matters – Solutions under foot

Task Force: Soil Matters – Solutions under foot

This collection of papers seeks to illustrate the diversity of the soils and soil functions and shows the importance of soils for all aspects of our lives.

Edited by Stephen Nortcliff on behalf of the IUSS, Nov. 2015, Catena Verlag, GeoEcology Essays. 160 pages, numerous figures, photos, tables. ISBN 978-3-923381-63-0. Price Paperback EUR 14.90 (plus shipping).

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