Status of the World’s Soil Resources. Chapter 16: Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in Antarctica
This is Chapter 16, "Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in in Antarctica," of the report <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5199e.pdf"><i>Status of the World’s Soil Resources.</i></a> <p>Antarctica has a total area of 13.9 Million km2, of which 44 890 km2 (0.32 percent) is ice-free with potential for soil development. Ice free areas are mainly confined to the Antarctic Peninsula, a few places around the perimeter of the continent and along the Transantarctic Mountains. The largest ice-free area ( approximately 5 000 km2) is the McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Ross Sea Region. Various aspects of soil change in these areas are discussed. </p><p>The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc589e.pdf">Introductory information</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc590e.pdf">Chapter 1: Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc591e.pdf">Chapter 2: The role of soils in ecosystem processes </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc592e.pdf">Chapter 3: Global Soil Resources</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc593e.pdf">Chapter 4: Soils and Humans</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc594e.pdf">Chapter 5: Drivers of global soil change</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc595e.pdf">Chapter 6: Global soil status, processes and trends</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc596e.pdf">Chapter 7: Soil change: impacts and responses</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc597e.pdf">Chapter 8: Governance and policy responses to soil change</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc598e.pdf">Chapter 9: Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in Africa South of the Sahara</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc599e.pdf">Chapter 10: Regional Assessment of Soil Change in Asia</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc600e.pdf">Chapter 11: Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in Europe and Eurasia</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc601e.pdf">Chapter 12: Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in Latin America and the Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc602e.pdf">Chapter 13: Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in the Near East and North Africa</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc603e.pdf">Chapter 14: Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in North America</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc604e.pdf">Chapter 15: Regional Assessment of Soil Change in the Sou thwest Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc605e.pdf">Chapter 16: Regional Assessment of Soil Change in Antarctica</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc606e.pdf">Annex: Soil groups, characteristics, distribution and ecosystem services</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc607e.pdf">Glossary of Technical Terms</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc608e.pdf">Authors and affiliations</a></li></ul> <p> Also available: <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i512 6e.pdf"><i>Technical Summary of the Status of the World’s Soil Resources.</i></a></p>
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| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/BC605E http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc605e.pdf |
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