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Soil degradation, global warming and climate impacts
dc.contributor.author | Feddema, Johannes J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Freire, Sergio Carneiro | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-10T16:49:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-05-10T16:49:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Feddema, J.J and S. Freire (2001): Soil degradation, global warming and climate impacts. Climate Research 17(2): 209-216. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/9388 | |
dc.description | (c) Inter Research. Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A water balance model is used to assess the relative impacts of global warming and soil degradation scenarios on water resources in the future. Results indicate that overall global warming will have a more widespread and greater impact on climate change. However soil degradation could also play a significant role in water resource issues in the future. Based on the model results, wet and dry climate regions are particularly susceptible to impacts from soil degradation. In general, reduced water holding capacities will result in increased water runoff during wet periods, which will result in higher overland flow rates and reduced recharge rates to groundwater. Water lost to runoff will also increase deficits during dry periods, in effect increasing the duration and intensity of dry periods. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Inter Research | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr/17/c017p209.pdf | |
dc.title | Soil degradation, global warming and climate impacts | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Feddema, Johannes J. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Geography | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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