Soil-Earth's Living Skin
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P ro s p e c tu s f o r a k e y t h e m e o f t h e I n te rn a ti o n a l Y e a r o f P la n e t E a rt h E a r t h s c i e n c e s f o r s o c i e t y www.yearofplanetearth.org Soil - Earth?s living skin What is this brochure for? This brochure is a prospectus for one of the main scientific themes of the International Year of Planet Earth. It describes, in accessible terms, why this particular theme has been chosen - why the research that the Year hopes to support under this theme is of such vital importance to our understanding of the Earth System, and to society at large. The prospectus was written by a panel of world experts assembled by the Science Programme Committee of the Year. To find out more?