Soils in the modern changing world
Journal: Visnyk of the Lviv University Series Geography
Year: 2015

The most common known about biological and ecological function of soils is their fertility, or in a broader sense – the biological productivity of soil. Despite the very small thickness of soil cover on the Earth, which is just a thin layer on the surface, this layer is the most biologically productive part of the biosphere. It is proved that the most important impact soils provided on human health, especially because of anthropogenic pollution of soils. Particularly one of the most discussed is