Biosequestration and Ecological Diversity

Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

• Author(s): Wayne A. White,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 250
• ISBN_10: 1040219160
  ISBN_13: 9781040219164
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Agronomy / Soil Science , Science / Life Sciences / Ecology ,

Description:... Increased throughput of carbon-based fossil energy, the destruction of Earth's forests, and other land use changes have resulted in ever higher levels of waste in the form of greenhouse gases-as well as a diminished capacity of the planet to absorb and store those wastes. This means that to avoid catastrophic global warming and maintain the habitab