Ground Breaking: practical solutions to manage the land, restore the natural water cycle, and tackle climate...

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Philip Mulvey Freya Mulvey

Ground Breaking

practical solutions to manage the land, restore the natural water cycle, and tackle climate...

Philip Mulvey, Freya Mulvey

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Hunter Press
01 June 2023

Mathematics & Sciences; Sustainability

Zero carbon emissions alone won't stop global warming. Agricultural land use is turning the world's bread baskets into deserts. But the depleted soil that feeds us all today might yet save our civilisation.

In Western Australia, the rabbit-proof fence presents the world's largest study of contrasting land management within the same vast region. The 'Bunny Fence Experiment' is strong evidence that clearing and cropping is a major reason rainfall dropped by 20% in the Wheat Belt between 1976 and 2002, and continues to drop.

Ground Breaking explains how modern farming methods deplete the soil and influence our climate: exporting heat waves, dust, and fire south-eastward in Eastern Australia and north-westward in Western America. It presents solutions too: managing land use to reduce bare ground, restore the small water cycle and sequester carbon in the soil.

'Every now and then a book comes along that is full of basic common sense, but that is supported by solid science and easily understood explanations…Whether home gardener, farmer, consumer, scientist or policy decision-maker, this straight-forward book is a must read.’ — Charles Massy

By: Philip Mulvey, Freya Mulvey
Imprint: Hunter Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9780648848165
ISBN 10: 0648848167
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Phil Mulvey is a specialist in soil and water chemistry with over 40 years of experience in soil science, land repair, and groundwater. He is founder of one of Australia's leading environmental geo-science group EESI Group, was co-founder of 3D-Ag, a sustainable farm systems consultancy, and CEO of Carbon Count, the world's first commercially available online soil carbon project management software. Phil is part consultant, part researcher, and part entrepreneur. He has made it his personal mission to restore 10% of the world's degraded land in his lifetime.

Reviews for Ground Breaking: practical solutions to manage the land, restore the natural water cycle, and tackle climate change.

'Every now and then a book comes along that is full of basic common sense, but that is supported by solid science and easily understood explanations ... Whether home gardener, farmer, consumer, scientist or policy decision-maker, this straight-forward book is a must read.' - Charles Massy