AGR 203: Dirt! The Movie by

AGR 203: Dirt! The Movie by https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx Effects of Climate Change en-us 2018-08-05 19:30:13 UTC 2018-08-06 01:56:38 UTC hello@padlet.com “All around the world we are destroying dirt in pursuit of the raw materials we consider to be more valuable” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998745 Mining for things like coal and iron and gold etc. is hurting our dirt and our environment more. We already lose enough of our biodiversity due to deforestation. Strategies to increase the soil carbon pool include soil restoration and woodland regeneration, no-till farming, cover crops, nutrient management, manuring and sludge application, improved grazing, water conservation and harvesting, efficient irrigation, agroforestry practices, and growing energy crops on spare lands (Lal, 304). ]]> 2018-08-05 19:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998745 “The city of Los Angeles itself spends close to a billion dollars a year to bring in water from as far away as Wyoming and Utah” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998802 California has a problem when it comes to collecting and retaining groundwater mostly because of how much pavement and urbanization has occurred there so when it rains the water is sent away instead of absorbed into the ground. California's water supply system appears physically capable of adapting to significant changes in climate and population, albeit at a significant cost. Such adaptation would entail large changes in the operation of California's large groundwater storage capacity, significant transfers of water among water users, and some adoption of new technologies (Tanaka, 3-4)]]> 2018-08-05 19:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998802 “20 percent of our electricity is to bring water here, so when you turn on the tap it’s a climate change event ” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998825 Since majority of California is made up of paved roads the ground isn’t able to absorb the rain water. This means that they have to get water reallocated from other states to keep their dirt and crops alive and growing. Of the six states that comprise this study of water marketing in the West, California appears to have the strongest statutory mandate to promote the voluntary transfer of water and water rights (Rev. 31)]]> 2018-08-05 19:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998825 “Without healthy dirt it’s difficult to survive extreme climate events like hurricanes, floods, wind storms, and drought” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998854 Like I stated in one of the other posts. It’s a cycle. Countries not having healthy Dirt leads to them not being able to grow on it which not only leads to starvation but also these climate effects like droughts and dust storms. Drought has always been a normal recurrent event in arid and semi-arid lands. Strategies and tactics to mitigate its consequences via improved land-use and management practices are analysed. ]]> 2018-08-05 19:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998854 “A large part of budelkhand Is suffering from a very extended drought thanks to climate change and this long drought has led to crop failure which has led to starvation” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998872 It’s a vicious cycle because without good soil and all the effects of climate change they are unable to plant in their land leading to them not only not being able to feed themselves but not being able to feed any animals to get meat from them. While its gross domestic product has been climbing steadily in recent years,'its rates of malnutrition and starvation-related disease and death remain staggeringly high (Birchfield, 31). So even though they are able to produce and sell more goods it’s still not helping them feed their country ]]> 2018-08-05 19:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/271998872 Works Cited rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/g3yrw8xaz0wx/wish/272022499 Birchfield, L. (n.d.). Between Starvation and Globalization: Finding the right food for India. Retrieved August 5, 2018, from https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/mjil31§ion=22

Climate change, drought and desertification. (2002, May 25). Retrieved August 5, 2018, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196396900993

Lal, R. (2004, June 11). Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security. Retrieved August 5, 2018, from http://science.sciencemag.org/content/304/5677/1623

Rev, A. L. (n.d.). A Primer on California Water Transfer Law. Retrieved August 5, 2018, from https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/arz31&div=41&id=&page=

Tanaka, S. K., Zhu, T., Lund, J. R., Howitt, R. E., Jenkins, M. W., Pulido, M. A., . . . Ferreira, I. C. (2006, June 10).

Climate Warming and Water Management Adaptation for California. Retrieved August 5, 2018, from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-006-9079-5

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