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January 08, 2015

Humans erode soil 100 times faster than nature
Burlington VT (SPX) Jan 08, 2015
A new study shows that removing native forest and starting intensive agriculture can accelerate erosion so dramatically that in a few decades as much soil is lost as would naturally occur over thousands of years. Had you stood on the banks of the Roanoke, Savannah, or Chattahoochee Rivers a hundred years ago, you'd have seen a lot more clay soil washing down to the sea than before European settlers began clearing trees and farming there in the 1700s. Around the world, it is well known that defores ... read more

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Bird flu outbreak spreads in Canada

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