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Climate change in Europe. 2. Impact on soil. A review

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This article reviews major impacts of climate change on soil.

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  1. DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission, 21020, Ispra, Italy

    Arwyn Jones, Vladimir Stolbovoy, Ezio Rusco, Ciro Gardi, Brechje Marechal & Luca Montanarella

  2. European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, 1050, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    Anna-Rita Gentile

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Reprinted with kind permission of Ove Caspersen, Project Manager, Marketing, licensing and exhibitions, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark. From the report entitled Impacts of Europe’s changing climate — 2008 indicator-based assessment. EEA report No. 4/2008. JRC reference report No. JRC47756. ISBN 978-92-9167-372-8. DOI 10.2800/48117. http://reports.eea.europa.eu/eea_report_2008_4/en

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Jones, A., Stolbovoy, V., Rusco, E. et al. Climate change in Europe. 2. Impact on soil. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 29, 423–432 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1051/agro:2008067

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