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Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case‐studies

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dc.creator Hamidov, Ahmad
dc.creator Helming, Katharina
dc.creator Bellocchi, Gianni
dc.creator Bojar, Waldemar
dc.creator Dalgaard, Tommy
dc.creator Bahadur Ghaley, Bhim
dc.creator Hoffmann, Christian
dc.creator Holman, Ian
dc.creator Holzkämper, Annelie
dc.creator Krzeminska, Dominika
dc.creator Kværnø, Sigrun H.
dc.creator Lehtonen, Heikki
dc.creator Niedrist, Georg
dc.creator Øygarden, Lillian
dc.creator Reidsma, Pytrik
dc.creator Roggero, Pier Paolo
dc.creator Rusu, Teodor
dc.creator Santos, Cristina
dc.creator Seddaiu, Giovanna
dc.creator Skarbøvik, Eva
dc.creator Ventrella, Domenico
dc.creator Żarski, Jacek
dc.creator Schönhart, Martin
dc.date 2018-06-18T15:28:29Z
dc.date 2018-06-18T15:28:29Z
dc.date 2018-05-12
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:36:16Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:36:16Z
dc.identifier Hamidov A, Helming K, Bellocchi G, et al., Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case‐studies. Land Degradation and Development, Volume 29, Issue 8, August 2018, pp. 2378-2389
dc.identifier 1085-3278
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3006
dc.identifier https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13240
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182101
dc.description Soils are vital for supporting food security and other ecosystem services. Climate change can affect soil functions both directly and indirectly. Direct effects include temperature, precipitation, and moisture regime changes. Indirect effects include those that are induced by adaptations such as irrigation, crop rotation changes, and tillage practices. Although extensive knowledge is available on the direct effects, an understanding of the indirect effects of agricultural adaptation options is less complete. A review of 20 agricultural adaptation case‐studies across Europe was conducted to assess implications to soil threats and soil functions and the link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The major findings are as follows: (a) adaptation options reflect local conditions; (b) reduced soil erosion threats and increased soil organic carbon are expected, although compaction may increase in some areas; (c) most adaptation options are anticipated to improve the soil functions of food and biomass production, soil organic carbon storage, and storing, filtering, transforming, and recycling capacities, whereas possible implications for soil biodiversity are largely unknown; and (d) the linkage between soil functions and the SDGs implies improvements to SDG 2 (achieving food security and promoting sustainable agriculture) and SDG 13 (taking action on climate change), whereas the relationship to SDG 15 (using terrestrial ecosystems sustainably) is largely unknown. The conclusion is drawn that agricultural adaptation options, even when focused on increasing yields, have the potential to outweigh the negative direct effects of climate change on soil degradation in many European regions.
dc.language en
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject agricultural adaptation
dc.subject DPSIR
dc.subject regional case studies
dc.subject soil degradation
dc.subject Sustainable Development Goals
dc.title Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case‐studies
dc.type Article


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