Mastodawn

> Fig. 1. The U. S. Soil Conservation Service reports that the soil washed out and blown out of the fields of the United States each year would load a modern freight train long enough to reach around the world eighteen times. If it ran twenty miles an hour continuously, it would take it nearly three years to pass your station. We began with the richest of continents, but ...
https://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/smith/treecrops1.html#ch1
#TopSoil #TreeCropsAndDirt
#JRusselSmith #USAErosion #Erosion

G Kearney Mar 16

The world's topsoil is vanishing #agriculture #farming #topsoil #cartoon #gregkearney #kearney

Daryl Elliott Feb 5

Environmental+ benefits of eating #PlantBased & living #vegan: #topsoil erosion, ocean #DeadZones, #biodiversity, #wildlife, #AirPollution, #respiratory, #RiverPollution, #GHGs, #methane, #ethics, #WorkerProtection, #LandUse, saving #FreshWater, #CoralReefs, #SeaLife safety, #ZoonoticDiseases.

Daryl Elliott Jan 24

Amsterdam just banned ads for #meat and #FossilFuels. Who’s next? This topic intersects #animals, #deforestation, #FreshWater overuse, #RiverPollution, ocean #DeadZones, #topsoil erosion, #ethics, #wildlife, #biodiversity, #LandUse, #GHGs, #ClimateCrisis & #respect. open.substack.com/pub/veganhor...

Amsterdam just banned ads for ...

Amsterdam just banned ads for emission-heavy products like meat and fossil fuels — who’s next?

A bold step toward a cleaner, more conscious future

Vegan Horizon

NIOO-KNAW Oct 7, 2025

New publication: #Legume integration into #rice cropping systems buffers #topsoil functional potential against #microbialdiversity loss. #croprotation #sustainableagriculture #subsoil
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2025.103775

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Jul 1, 2025

Weather-Induced Landslide Activity In Clayey Slopes - Modeling For The Design Of Site-Scale Early Warning Systems [Italy]
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https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-13248 <-- shared paper
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#geology #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslide #clay #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #geotechnical #geotechnicalengineering #model #modeling #statistics #soil #topsoil #seepage #water #hydrology #infiltration #porewater #pressure #slope #clay #clayey #safetyfactor #mitigation #management #numericalanalyses #extremeweather #weather #rainfall #precipitation #earlywarning #risk #hazard #riskassessment #italy

Tom May 8, 2025

The 14 by 4 ft., 4.3m by 1.2m, raised bed is full and covered with soil. A one foot sub surface layer of large wood covered with small wood, leaves, chicken compost, and layered with the dug dirt a couple of times with more leaves, and extra dirt mounded up in the middle, and it all topped up with 30 years of soil building under a red-osier dogwood that was removed with fire a few years ago before it spread further.

#gardening #RaisedBeds #garden #topsoil #May7

ISciences Apr 28, 2025

According to the #EuropeanDroughtObservatory, central and eastern #Europe is experiencing an early and severe #drought, threatening #agriculture and #foodsecurity. Affected countries include #Germany, #Poland, #Ukraine, #Belarus, #Greece, #Sweden, and #Ireland. Over half of #Germany reports extreme #topsoil #drought, as well as drops in #water levels of the #RhineRiver, which has disrupted cargo #transport and raised #logistical costs. Read more: https://www.isciences.com/blog/2025/04/18/europe-widespread-deficits-continue-throughout-e-europe

(Image: Frontiers)

Europe: Widespread deficits continue throughout E Europe — ISCIENCES

Severe to exceptional deficits will continue in several eastern European countries. Severe to exceptional surplus is anticipated in portions of southern and northern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula.

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