Sustainability of the Earth's surface environment: a European geoscience perspective
This report, by senior British and European geoscientists, looks at a number of important environmental issues such as soil erosion; the sustainable use of minerals; land-use and population growth; contaminated land; water supply and ground stability and makes the crucial connection between all of them and the geosciences. It also looks at the environmental impacts of natural geological phenomena including volcanoes, earthquakes and glaciation.
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