Ecosystems provide many of the material building blocks for human well-being. Although
quantification and appreciation of such contributions have rapidly grown, our dependence …

Increasing salt production and use is shifting the natural balances of salt ions across Earth
systems, causing interrelated effects across biophysical systems collectively known as …

Direct effects of soil or its constituents on human health are through its ingestion, inhalation
or absorption. The soil contains many infectious organisms that may enter the human body …

Soil degradation affects human nutrition and health through its adverse impacts on quantity
and quality of food production. Decline in crops' yields and agronomic production …

In spite of being a worldwide phenomenon that can have important ecological, economic
and social consequences, freshwater salinization (ie the increase in ion concentrations in …

Soil salinization affects 1–10 billion ha worldwide, threatening the agricultural production
needed to feed the ever increasing world population. Phytoremediation may be a cost …

Land degradation is widespread and a serious threat affecting the livelihoods of 1.5 billion
people worldwide of which one sixth or 250 million people reside in drylands. Globally, it is …

It is estimated that 884 million people do not have access to clean drinking water in the
world. Increasing salinity of natural drinking water sources has been reported as one of the …

The concept of solastagia has been developed by environmental philosopher Albrecht to
understand the psychological trauma, also referred to as place-based distress, experienced …

The monitoring of soil salinity levels is necessary for the prevention and mitigation of land
degradation in arid environments. To assess the potential of remote sensing in estimating …