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| From | jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years |
| Date | 2015-12-21 13:57 +0000 |
| Organization | "Have EDDT, will travel" |
| Message-ID | <PM00052768DB69120F@aca411da.ipt.aol.com> (permalink) |
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jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote: >> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years >>>>> >> http://www.climatecentral.org/news/earth-has-lost-a-third-of-arable-land-19785 >>>> >>>> >>>>> The world has lost a third of its arable land due to erosion or >>>>> pollution in the past 40 years, with potentially disastrous >>>>> consequences as global demand for food soars, scientists have >>>>> warned. >>>>> >>>>> New research has calculated that nearly 33 percent of the world?s >>>>> adequate or high-quality food-producing land has been lost at a rate >>>>> that far outstrips the pace of natural processes to replace >>>>> diminished soil. >>> >>> Ever heard of fertilizer made from, gasp, fossil fuels? >>> >>> When in Korea I saw farmers growing crops on the same fields they had >>> been using for thousands of years. >>> >> What they used for fertilizer is being banned by the EPA forcing >> agriculture people to buy fertilizer. Human waste can also be used >> but isn't in a lot of places. >> >> /BAH > > It is in many parts of Asia. OK. I knew Japan recycled but didn't know about other places so I wrote a hand wave :-). /BAH
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Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 10:00 -0600
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-19 16:50 +0000
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-12-20 14:29 +0000
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-20 18:31 +0000
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-12-21 13:57 +0000
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years chanB4 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-19 13:28 -0600
sNELL\S GOD-AM LAw noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 15:21 -0800
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 09:29 -0800
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 11:01 -0800
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years chanB4 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-20 13:55 -0600
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 14:50 -0600
Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-20 22:46 -0600
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