Scientists Discover Evidence of Long “Ocean Memory”

Re:Scientists Discover Evidence of Long “Ocean Memory” by chrisco255 on Monday February 11, 2019 @04:56PM (#19138762)

Here's an article from 1981 fearing the impending effect on soil loss in the U.S. due to expanded global exports of wheat, corn, and soy. https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0603/060350.html

Nearly 40 years later...doomsday has yet to arrive.

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Re:Scientists Discover Evidence of Long “Ocean Memory” by NeedMoreTea on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @04:16AM (#19142130)

Interesting article. More like here's an article noticing that its happening, covers some of the reasons why (like fertiliser enabling the end of traditional crop rotation), and it deserves place in planning and ideally mitigating. No suggestions soil will be gone by 2020, or even 2100 or 2200.

the bigger claim, if one looks beyond the near decades, is to consider the state of the nation's agricultural resources ... our oil is clearly running out, and so is the most precious of our resources -- topsoil

Is about as "fearing" of the "impending" "doomsday" as it gets.

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