Discusses soils as a natural body that is engaged in dynamic interaction with the atmosphere above and the strata below that influences the planet's climate and hydrological cycle. This book incorporates knowledge of such topics as climate change, pollution control, and the prospects for harmonious [...]

An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier published "Environmental Soil Physics", this is a more succinct elucidation of the physical principles and processes governing the behavior of soil and the vital role it plays in both natural and managed ecosystems. The textbook is self-conta[...]

As the crucible of life, the source and final resting place of everything that grows, soil inspires reverence not only in the peasant who derives his daily bread from it, but also in the scientist who contemplates its meaning as the place where life and death meet and exchange vital energies. "Out o[...]