Global change pressures on soils from land use and management
University of Aberdeen · University of Bristol · +27 more institutions
Abstract
Soils are subject to varying degrees of direct or indirect human disturbance, constituting a major global change driver. Factoring out natural from direct and indirect human influence is not always straightforward, but some human activities have clear impacts. These include land-use change, land management and land degradation (erosion, compaction, sealing and salinization). The intensity of land use also exerts a great impact on soils, and soils are also subject to indirect impacts arising from human activity, such as acid deposition (sulphur and nitrogen) and heavy metal pollution. In this critical review, we report the state-of-the-art understanding of these global change pressures on soils, identify…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 53.05
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 181
Authors
21Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Soil functions
- Soil water
- Ecosystem services
- Land use
- Soil governance
- Environmental resource management
- Ecosystem
- Life in Land
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: 12‐43071, AGS 12-43071
- UDU.S. Department of EnergyAwards: DE-SC0006706, DE‐SC0006706
- NANational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAward: NNX14AD94G
- LTLeverhulme Trust
- SRSight Research UKAwards: NE/M016900/1, NE/M021327/1, ceh020009, NE/M017125/1, ceh020008, ceh020005
- ECEuropean CommissionAwards: EU FP7, 289694, 282672, 603542
- NENatural Environment Research CouncilAwards: ceh020008, ceh020005, NE/M017125/1, NE/M021327/1, ceh020009, NE/M016900/1
- SFSeventh Framework ProgrammeAwards: 603542, 282672, 289694