Soils and Global Change.

Catalog description

This course is designed for students interested in learning basic soil processes as they relate to the larger ecosystem and global processes. The course will cover the soil food web and trophic dynamics, fundamentals of soil biogeochemical cycles, global carbon and nitrogen cycles, greenhouse gas emissions, soil health management practices, the role of soil in providing stability to the terrestrial ecosystems in a changing climate, carbon sequestration and nature-based climate change mitigation strategies.