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Maintain and improve soil health USDA Climate Hubs

WebHealthy soils are necessary to ensure the productivity and profitability of diverse agricultural enterprises. Healthy soils provide for many functions and ecosystem services, including: …

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Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function: A Teacher's …

WebWhy study soil health and watershed function with your students? This workbook focuses on soil biology’s role in the water cycle: specifically how soil organisms take sand, silt, …

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What is soil health

WebWhy does soil health matter? The healthier the soil, the better it can do its many jobs: Absorbing and storing water. Sustaining diverse, productive plant and animal life. …

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Urban Forests and Human Health Adaptation Menu

WebDiverse actions can address climate change in urban forest management while recognizing the fundamentally interconnected nature of human health and wellbeing. Urban areas …

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Soil Health Management to Reduce Climate and Weather Risks in …

WebAs a result, NRCS and the Climate Hubs partnered to develop a resource to aid advisors and land managers in discussing soil health and climate resilience together. This fact …

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Elizabeth Marks USDA Climate Hubs

WebElizabeth Marks serves as a Soil Health Specialist with the Soil Health Division of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. She …

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Pollinators USDA Climate Hubs

WebAnimal and insect pollinators help plants reproduce and support healthy ecosystems and food security. Pollination benefits around 78% percent of the world’s crops, and one out …

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Economics of Long-term Soil Health Practices USDA Climate Hubs

WebThis project is assessing the economic costs and benefits of implementing soil health practices (particularly, cover crops and no-tillage) on Northeast and North Central US …

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Ecosystem Services USDA Climate Hubs

WebEcosystem services are the direct and indirect benefits that ecosystems provide humans. Agroecosystems, rangelands, and forests provide suites of ecosystem services that …

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Urban Agriculture USDA Climate Hubs

WebUrban agriculture for Health, Equity, and Education. Urban agriculture can help make cities more equitable. People of color experience more pollution and greater effects of climate …

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Welcome to the USDA Southwest Climate Hub USDA Climate Hubs

WebClimate-Smart Indigenous Agriculture: Drought Planning and Adaptation with New Mexico Pueblos. An overview of the Climate-Smart Indigenous Agriculture project and access to …

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Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate USDA Climate Hubs

WebClimate change may affect animal agriculture in a variety of ways. These include the ability to produce feed-grain, the quality of pastures and forage crop production, animal health, …

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Cover Cropping to Improve Climate Resilience USDA Climate Hubs

WebPlant cover helps intercept and lessen the force of raindrops. This reduces soil erosion, compaction, and nutrient runoff from intense rainstorms. Cover crops reduce water …

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Managing Grazing to Improve Climate Resilience

WebA rotational stocking system controls the timing and intensity of grazing by rotating animals among paddocks, and gives the pastures time for rest and regrowth. Heavy rain events …

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Forest Management for Carbon Sequestration and Climate …

WebJournal of Forestry, 2019, Vol. XX, No. XX 3 identify on-the-ground adaptation actions to reduce climate risks and help meet management objectives. The Adaptation Workbook …

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Climate Change and Mental Health in the Northwest

WebEstimated reading time: 7 minutes Here at the Northwest Climate Hub, we recognize that the effects of climate change may have caused damage or distress to many of our readers. …

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Climate-Smart Agriculture: Soil Health & Carbon Farming

WebThis fact sheet is the first installment of a four-part climate-smart agriculture series exploring the relationship between carbon farming, soil health, and soil amendments on CA …

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When Research and Applied Science Comes Together: The …

WebOn December 8th, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff met with USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Beltsville, MD, to …

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