Let's see if this gets the wider response that it should? Sounds about right to me.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47203344
What issues are being under-played?
These matters are close to home for British politicians, the authors argue, with the average population sizes of the most threatened species in the UK having decreased by two-thirds since 1970.
- Topsoil is being lost 10 to 40 times faster than it is being replenished by natural processes
- Since the mid-20th Century, 30% of the world's arable land has become unproductive due to erosion
- 95% of the Earth's land areas could become degraded by 2050
The UK is described as one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
Some 2.2 million tonnes of UK topsoil is eroded annually, and over 17% of arable land shows signs of erosion.
Nearly 85% of fertile peat topsoil in East Anglia has been lost since 1850, with the remainder at risk of being lost over next 30–60 years.
If only that were true. That is insignificant compared with what washes down our rivers.Biggest loss of topsoil in uk is from housebuilding and new roads, hs2 etc
yes must be bloody awful and not much that can be done when something like that happensAll I can say it must be bloody awful for the farmers over there. Made me think a bit more when checking the cows tonight
Speak for yourself, but i never see much runnoffIf only that were true. That is insignificant compared with what washes down our rivers.
Last I heard was estimated of 1 000 000 head and in some places, everything including wildlife. One station owner said it's dead silence outside....
BBC news channel just ran a significant discussion about this story.Let's see if this gets the wider response that it should? Sounds about right to me.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47203344
What issues are being under-played?
These matters are close to home for British politicians, the authors argue, with the average population sizes of the most threatened species in the UK having decreased by two-thirds since 1970.
- Topsoil is being lost 10 to 40 times faster than it is being replenished by natural processes
- Since the mid-20th Century, 30% of the world's arable land has become unproductive due to erosion
- 95% of the Earth's land areas could become degraded by 2050
The UK is described as one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
Some 2.2 million tonnes of UK topsoil is eroded annually, and over 17% of arable land shows signs of erosion.
Nearly 85% of fertile peat topsoil in East Anglia has been lost since 1850, with the remainder at risk of being lost over next 30–60 years.
Australia is the land of extremes
Butt Acco, who ranch 7 million acres up there are unperturbed.