A World Without Soil The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet [Audiobook]

English | ASIN: B09LG5TM15 | 2021 | 7 hours and 34 minutes |MP3|M4B | 208 MB
A scientist's manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change. This book by celebrated biologist Jo Handelsman lays bare the complex connections among climate change, soil erosion, food and water security, and drug discovery. Humans depend on soil for 95 percent of global food production, yet let it erode at unsustainable rates. In the United States, China, and India, vast tracts of farmland will be barren of topsoil within this century. The combination of intensifying erosion caused by climate change and the increasing food needs of a growing world population is creating a desperate need for solutions to this crisis.