Planetary limits to soil degradation

Clarisse Kraamwinkel; Anne  Beaulieu; Ruth Howison; Teresa Dias

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00323-3

Planetary limits to soil degradation

Clarisse Kraamwinkel^*, Anne Beaulieu, Ruth Howison, Teresa Dias

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	249
Number of pages	4
Journal	Communications Earth & Environment
Volume	2
Early online date	8-Dec-2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00323-3
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Soil health
Soil degradation
planetary resilience

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