Core 3 - patterns in environmental quality and sustainability

soil degradation

soil profile

biological soil degradation

physical/mechanical soil degradation

chemical soil degradation

soil leeching

physical water scarcity

human water scarcity

economic water scarcity

deforestation

overgrazing

acidification

salinization

soil aggregates

desertification

dust storms

soil buffering capacity

carbon farming

perennial crops

afforestation

reforestation

sustainable agriculture

sustainability

human causes of soil degradation

physical causes of soil degradation

impacts of soil degradation on the environment

solutions to soil degradation

how is changing crop production a solution to soil degradation?

how is livestock management a solution to soil degradation?

how is forestry management a solution to soil degradation?

how is water & land management a solution to soil degradation?

how are socio-economic factors a solution to soil degradation?

case study examples for soil degradation

physical causes of water scarcity

human causes of water scarcity

methods to deal with human water scarcity

methods to deal with physical water scarcity