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	Halfbakery: Pedosphere
		I just had to check and see if the idea originated on this site.
		I thought the pedosphere was the layer of the earth's atmoshphere extending from ground level up to about 2 or 4 inches?
		In a certain light, that name is hilarious; almost like a satire of what 'jock' archetypes think of noncompetitive sports.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Pedosphere (572 words)

	Chapter 1 Section 3
		Life is found pervasively on the pedosphere (soil) surface, the land surface of the lithosphere, in the hydrosphere (oceans, lakes and rivers), extending down to various depths into the pedosphere and lithosphere, and up into the lower atmosphere.
		The pedosphere is comprised of relatively thin soil layers found on top of much of Earth's land surface.
		A number of processes operating on a variety of time scales occur in the pedosphere: heat, water, gas, and energy transfers, biological activities, weathering and erosion, compaction, salinization, biogeochemical cycling, organic matter decomposition and humus formation, and soil genesis.
	www.ccpo.odu.edu /SEES/veget/class/Chap_1/1_3.htm (967 words)

	Soil :: The Earth : Gourt
		Soil is the complex body on the surface of a lithosphere subject to soil formation processes, comprised by mineral and organic matter, as well as living organisms.
		Soil, comprising the pedosphere, is earthy material that has been affected by pedogenesis.
		The pedosphere is positioned at the interface of the lithosphere with the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.
	kids-and-teens.gourt.com /School-Time/Science/The-Earth/Soil.html (325 words)

	Data and Information Services Center (DISC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The collaborators are holders of major international pedosphere data sets, such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC), as well as national soils institutes, individual soil scientists, and users of soil data.
		The immediate goal was to supply pedosphere information to global change researchers, but the unification and distribution of the existing soils data bases is of great benefit to all researchers, not only those directly involved in global change studies.
		The task was enabled by the active participation of the principal international custodians of pedosphere data.
	daac.gsfc.nasa.gov /islscp/hyd/islscp2_soils_1deg.shtml (471 words)

	Soil
		While the general concept of soil is well established, the definition of soil varies, according to the perspective of the discipline or occupation using soil as a resource.
		Soil occupies the pedosphere, one of Earth's spheres that the geosciences use to conceptually organise the Earth.
		This is the conceptual perspective of pedology and edaphology, the two main branches of soil science.
	articles.gourt.com /en/soil (2935 words)

	Population Explosion and Soil Erosion
		The five sub-systems that Earth system scientists look at include the lithosphere (the crust of the Earth), the pedosphere (the broken down rock and organic matter that becomes soil), the hydrosphere (water), the biosphere (living and nonliving matter) and the atmosphere (includes the hydrosphere, pedosphere, biosphere).
		The pedosphere takes in all of the decomposed organic matter and broken down rock that covers all of the land surface of the Earth.
		The pedosphere, which we depend on for our food, our outdoor recreation, our daily life, is a delicate living and non-living sub-system of the larger Earth system.
	www.unm.edu /~abqteach/EnvirCUs/99-03-08.htm (5291 words)

	IUSS - Divisions and Commissions
		Division 1 is the "What." It looks at the soil as a body and how it was formed, the extent of it global coverage, and the many complex interactions and interactions with the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere.
		It includes the scaling of soil morphology from micro to macro levels of generalization, calibration of morphology to pedogenic processes, and integration of this pedosphere knowledge with that of the biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere.
		Using a morphogenic bias, it is possible to catalogue and classify the population of soil attributes and generate multiple-use interpretations with spatial or tabular representations using GIS, and other state-of-the-science technologies.
	www.colostate.edu /programs/IUSS/IUSS_divisions.html (1987 words)

	EPILOG
		Having reviewed chemistry and having examined the chemical characteristics of the major segments of our environment ?lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere and biosphere, it is crucial to learn the chemical interactions among those segments or cycles.
		Between and among major cycles, there are many interactions: hydrosphere-lithosphere, atmosphere?hydrosphere, biosphere–lithosphere, biosphere–atmosphere, biosphere–hydrosphere, lithosphere –pedosphere, lithosphere-hydrosphere–biosphere, etc. that end up with the interaction among all five cycles.
		Mankind’s aspect of the biosphere still remains a central target for various pollutants to attack, whether they are transported through atmosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere, lithosphere, or a combination of major spheres.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~tfyen/EnvironChem/Epilogue_Vol_1.html (939 words)

	The Pedosphere
		Soil connects, responds to, and shapes the land, the atmosphere and its climates, both surface water and groundwater, as well as ecosystems.
		Figure 1 shows soil - the pedosphere - as a part of each of these systems.
		Figure 1: Main interactions between the pedosphere (soil), biosphere (plants, animals), lithosphere (rocks), hydrosphere (water) and atmosphere (air).
	www.lboro.ac.uk /service/pd/YPE/YPE_03.htm (217 words)

	ENVIS Monograph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On one hand living organisms are involved and on the other substances such as nutrients, are made available to the living organisms either through soil (the pedosphere) or through water (the hydrosphere).
		In the hydrosphere, carbon is present as bicarbonate (HCO3-1) and carbonate (CO3-2) the major factor in the hardness of water.
		In the biosphere, carbon is present as the building block of the plants and animals in the form of variety of carbon compounds such as carbohydrates, proteins and amino-acids.
	members.tripod.com /envisjnu/reports/monograph/biogeoch-main.html (7493 words)

	GEOL1100: Physical Geology - Web Gallery: Systems & Cycles
		The pedosphere consists of the disaggregated and decomposed (weathered) rock from the lithosphere and decayed material from the biosphere.
		The pedosphere is produced by the action of water, oxygen, acids and organic matter acting on the lithosphere.
		In the tropics where rainfall and temperature are high and topography flat, weathering is rapid and erosion is slow.
	www.gg.uwyo.edu /content/lecture/systemsCycles/EarthSystem/pedosphere/intro.asp?type=ss&color=666699&Callnumber=12193 (126 words)

	ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY: CHEMISTRY OF MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL CYCLES
		Environmental science, which builds on the foundation of chemistry, seeks to remedy the present deterioration and degradation caused by humans, and to create new technology that will prevent further damage.
		This book deals comprehensively with the five essential global cycles or environspheres — lithosphere (minerals and energy sources), atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), pedosphere (soil), and biosphere (life) — and provides a clear overview of the crucial interaction away them.
		It covers the chemistry of energy resources and aspects of biochemistry, geochemistry, and toxicological chemistry, in addition to the three important areas of air, water, and soil; in the process, it links chemical principles with environmental issues.
	www.worldscibooks.com /environsci/p342.html (200 words)

	Activity, Curriculum, and Technology Lesson Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In this lesson, students will be able to show how human activities can cause and lead to erosion, deposition and mass movement on the Earth's pedosphere.
		Students will experiment with pedospheric materials to explore the impact of human byproducts on the pedosphere.
		Prepare beakers of pollutants for student to mix with pedosphere.
	its.guilford.k12.nc.us /act/grade6/act6.asp?ID=876 (670 words)

	EPILOGUE
		Throughout the texts, transport, energy, rate and reactor engineering, etc., contained, process dynamics are included in the appropriate places.
		Actually, the study of a given xenobiotic that is impacted by the hydrosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere and biosphere through transport and fate is termed chemodynamics.
		For example, that pollution is not regional but is international; that the pollutants are not restricted to be in hydrosphere only, but can be simultaneously appear in the atmosphere and pedosphere.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~tfyen/EnvironChem/Epilogue_Vol_2.html (1055 words)

	Soils Glossary
		pedogenesis: The formation of soil profiles depending on the 5 soil forming factors (climate, parent material, topography, organisms, and time) to create the Pedosphere.
		Pedosphere: The thin outer layer of the Earth which is made up of soil.
		The pedosphere acts as an integrator between the atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere of the Earth.
	www.hwr.arizona.edu /globe/soilwords.html (765 words)

	Global Soil Data Products CD-ROM (IGBP-DIS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The collaborators are holders of major international pedosphere data sets, such as the U. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the International Soil Reference and Information Centre, as well as national soils institutes, individual soil scientists, and users of soil data.
		The task group assembled a reliable and accessible data set on pedosphere properties on a global scale.
		The immediate goal was to supply pedosphere information to global change researchers, but the unification and distribution of the existing soils data bases will be of great benefit to all researchers, not only those directly involved in global change studies.
	www-eosdis.ornl.gov /SOILS/guides/igbp.html (778 words)

	220Lec36
		The pedosphere also contains these elements, plus elements that are essential for plant growth, including nitrogen and carbon.
		553, shows the mass balance for calcium between different systems (hydrosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere, and lithosphere), reservoirs (like oceans, rivers, or air) and fluxes (how they move) between different reservoirs (compare with the mass balance of the water cycle, Figure 12.2, p.
		If the amount of an element going into a reservoir is roughly the same as the amount leaving, the reservoir is in steady state.
	www.uky.edu /AS/Geology/henke/220/220Lec36.html (2607 words)

	Soil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soil, comprising the pedosphere, is positioned at the interface of the lithosphere with the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.
		Soil formation, or pedogenesis, is the combined effect of physical, chemical, biological, and anthropogenic processes on soil parent material resulting in the formation of soil horizons.
		Preventing soil salination involves flushing with higher levels of applied water in combination with tile drainage.
	www.a013.com /wiki/Soil (3569 words)

	DLESE Find a Resource > Subject: Soil science + Collections: Edmall
		The Pedosphere and its Dynamics - A Systems Approach to Soil Science
		Soil is the biologically active, structured porous medium that has developed below the continental land surface on our planet.
		This textbook is an introduction to soil science and soil resources which covers all aspects of soil science at an introductory level and emphasizes the role of the pedosphere in Earth Systems Science.
	www.dlese.org /library/browse_ky_0g_su_0s.htm (485 words)

	Dr. Noorallah Juma's interests
		Since 1998, I have led and developed Pedosphere.com in order to successfully position Soil Science in the context of Earth System Science.
		In 1999, the first volume of 'The Pedosphere and Its Dynamics: A Systems Approach to Soil Science' was launched with the publication of Volume 1 'Introduction to Soil Science and Soil Resources' by N. Juma in print and on-line.
		This resource has been recognized globally judging from the comments in the guest book from a broad audience.
	salmanspiritual.com /interests.html (814 words)

	The Earth Science Educator: Background Information
		Included is a complete PDF copy of the evidence presented during the debate by GISS director Dr. James Hansen.
		The Pedosphere As A Hub (A Soil By Any Other Name...) - Did you know that the soil has another name?
		The word pedosphere is like the word "pedology" which means the "study of soil." A soil scientist is also referred to as a "Pedologist." (Added: 17-Jun-1999 Hits: 631) [Spider search]
	eartheducator.gsfc.nasa.gov /Background_Information/more4.html (418 words)

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