Desertification

Sahel, West Africa a location that is highly dependent on the field of agriculture for survival. The study of this specific area of the world focuses on the conflict the community is having to continue the agricultural portion of their economy. It was stated in a recent study that, “about 65 percent of the cultivable land have been degraded.” (Warner, 2009). A large percentage of the land in West Africa is labeled as unsuitable for the production of agricultural products, which causes a…

Oftentimes compared to the surface of mars, the most arid desert in the world, the Atacama Desert stretches across a 600 mile plateau in Northern Chile. Scenery there is stunning, and seemingly barren, nevertheless, underneath the dehydrated soil lies riches unimaginable to most, including copper, silver, and gold. Thousands of miners eagerly arrive to this beautiful desert in hopes of harvesting this wealth. Consequently, the opportunity for jobs brings a disproportionate number of people and…

The Dust Bowl was caused by the hands of man and the hands of nature and has resulted in many longer term effects. Because of the Plains states’ successfully wheat business and harvest, thousands and thousands of farmers traveled to the area. However, this influx of farmers led to overgrazing and overplowing of the southern plains. Many of the farmers used a farming technique called dry land farming and destroyed the large areas of grassland. This, coupled with an incredible drought and Great…

There are also some biological factors that contributes to the degradation of Nigerian soil. However, these biological factors refer to the human, animal, and plant activities that have the tendency to reduce the soil’s quality and fertility. Although the effects of biological factors are less noticeable compared to other factors. Most of the leaders in the country lack the ability to conserve and manage the land resources. Image 3 shows how the land is littered with rubbishes like biochemical…

Have you ever seen or heard of a drought so bad that it turned nice green hills into a desert of sand and dirt? Starting in the 1930s, in the eastern part of the country, a very bad drought did just that. It made its way west, and by 1934 it turned the Great Plains into a desert. In 1935 this drought was dubbed the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl had a huge effect on the daily lives of people and their homes, it wreaked havoc on their economy, and destroyed their land. First and foremost, the Dust…

In September 2016, NASA reported that the earth’s carbon dioxide level had passed the maximum level of 400 PPM when it was supposed to be at the lowest point of that year (Kahn 2016). This data from NASA (2016) shows that ever since the Industrial Revolution, human activities have been responsible for creating more greenhouse gases and the earth’s climate has rapidly changed. Climate change is one of five factors that Diamond mentioned in his collapse model and which became the basis of this…

Have you ever wondered what a drought is? Is it related to weather or something else? Is it a major problem that’s affecting people in such a negative way? First, let’s discuss what a drought is. A drought is a common term that is used to describe a very long period of constant, dry weather that provides little to no rain. It’s what is causing you and others to replace your garden with succulents and rocks. Not only that, it’s also causing you and others to watch how much water you use. If you…

The first reason the Dust Bowl negatively affected the economy is farmers are going out of business.For example, ¨The massive dust storms forced farmers out of business.”(Amadeo). It was hard to farm with all the droughts and wind from the dust storm, the dust would cover their equipment and their wasn’t any rain with all of the droughts.So many farmers were going out of business, and they were greatly affected. “ In order to increase productivity, farmers mechanized production and cultivated…

The Dust Bowl was a time during the 1930s. The Dust Bowl hit Texas and Oklahoma. The Dust Bowl also touched the borders of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. The Dust Bowl is because during those years there was a drought and they tried to plow the fields. They failed to see a way to prevent wind erosion, so that caused the Dust Bowl. The demand for economic demand for agricultural products played a part in the Dust Bowl because there was much of a demand for Ag products that the farmers kept on…

When you hear the word permanent, what do you think about? How about if you hear the two words permanent destruction, do you hear a ringing in your ears just from those two words? Do you ask yourself, what are the consequences from permanent destruction? Well, when I think of permanent destruction of forests, I come into realization all that’s at stake. According to Alina Bradford, a Live Science contributor, states “An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest, which…