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Dust in the wind
Beach
erosion
Worms
go wild
The
first farmers
Transgenic
crops
Feeding
the future
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University Press, 1994.
The State of the Nation's Ecosystems: Measuring
the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the United States, Cambridge
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Soils, Land and Food: Managing the Land During
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2003.
State of the World 2002, by Christopher Flavin
et al., Worldwatch Institute, 2002. (See p. 62-74 for global trends
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U.S. biosurvey reveals worrisome trends, Milius,
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"Easter Island's End," Jared Diamond, Discover,
August 1995.
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and Conservation Benefits," David Pimentel et al., Science, Feb.
24, 1995.
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Stanley Trimble and Pierre Crosson, Science, July 14, 2000.
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Sanchez, Science, March 15, 2002.
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expansion: The need for sustainable and efficient practices," David
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What's the pedosphere?
Activities
for teachers, or anyone who likes to play in the dirt.
Free soil education
for kids! The official government earthworm
answers your questions.
Agriculture
in the classroom.
For teachers: dirty
lesson plans.
World soil information
Soil at the Smithsonian
The Land Institute.
Everything's clean on our credits
page.
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