The impact of warfare on the soil environment

2013/09/09 by Giacomo Certini, Riccardo Scalenghe, William I. Woods · 1 voice · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Health Professions · #Radioactive contamination and transfer #Radioactivity and Radon Measurements #Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

paper · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.08.009

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Discussions

• However, Certini et al. show modern warfare causes soil changes requiring "years or even centuries" to recover. Heavy tanks compact Ukraine's naturally fluffy Chernozem soils. Explosives mix soil hori [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]