Erosion
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He got together with a group of scientists, and they bred perennial grain crops which have deep roots that anchor the fertile topsoil of a farm, preventing
erosion
and protecting future harvests.
Soils around the world are experiencing unprecedented rates of degradation through a variety of human actions that include deforestation, intensive agricultural production systems, overgrazing, excessive application of agricultural chemicals,
erosion
and similar things.
Mangroves also prevent soil erosion, and they can be the first line of defense between storm surges, tsunamis and the millions of people who live next to these forests for their day-to-day survival.
Although at the same time we're losing an equivalent amount of existing arables to salinization and
erosion.
TJ: I would still want to know that you could do that and get below zero by the end of the century, in terms of taking carbon out of the atmosphere, and solve the problem of biodiversity and reduce the impact on land use and do something about the
erosion
of topsoils and the quality of water.
What the scientific teams had to do was create a way to stop the
erosion
from going to far and Sinking Japan altogether.
The concept and plot (a platoon of American soldiers uncovering underground tunnels built by the Viet Cong to stage ambushes) are one and the same; and the metaphors paralleling confined spaces to the
erosion
of sanity are strong--hysteria is very viscerally believable here.
Trees also benefit the environment while they are growing – by absorbing carbon, improving soil health, and preventing
erosion.
But if the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, or the Fed could independently approve a maximum quantity of monetary finance, no
erosion
of their independence would inevitably follow.
Raising minimum wages could help limit the
erosion
of real earnings in the bottom quartile.
In the United States, presidential candidates appeal to anxious voters by blaming the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the
erosion
of the country’s manufacturing base.
Facilitating the
erosion
of the rule of law and democracy should be anathema to its leaders.
But many member states reject a common European effort, a stance that threatens to accelerate the
erosion
of solidarity within the EU and reinforce the current trend toward disintegration.
The challenge there is to reintegrate into the labor force workers who have been unemployed for a prolonged period and are at risk of skills
erosion.
Such companies have little desire to put their IP at risk of
erosion
or outright theft; they want to do business where they know that their IP is safe.
Both Japan and Germany were slow in liberalizing their domestic financial systems as they tried to limit capital inflows for a substantial period of time in order to avoid rapid currency appreciation and the consequent
erosion
of their export competitiveness.
While Francis’s soothing manner seems to be helping to slow this erosion, whether he will be able to reverse the trend remains far from certain.
To be sure, Iran’s alliances are vulnerable to
erosion
and, in the case of two staunch allies, Syria and Venezuela, to outright collapse.
While there has been some weakening of prices from their peaks, OPEC has made it clear that it does not intend to allow much price
erosion.
So they have accepted the
erosion
of democratic values that Netanyahu has overseen, determining that they must put identity first.
North Korea’s ever-worsening economic situation, internal structural erosion, and international isolation have substantially increased the risk of volatility, with potential outcomes ranging from implosion to explosion.
This pattern of steady
erosion
has now ended, with senior military and other officials joining the opposition in increasing numbers.
Even worse, faced with an
erosion
of their voter base, many mainstream parties are playing catch-up with these destructive forces, engaging in EU-bashing of their own.
Are we now seeing an
erosion
of trust in America and in the United Kingdom?
The same factors that made Europe a sub-optimal currency area have also led to a steep
erosion
in European competitiveness over the past decades.
This has contributed to the
erosion
of Chinese firms’ profit margins, which, according to TCL Corp Chairman Li Dongsheng, have dropped to less than 2%, on average.
Another approach for policymakers is to quantify the economic benefits of “ecosystem services” – the miraculous yet mundane things that nature provides like
erosion
control, water management, and purification.
Moreover, unemployment in the eurozone has skyrocketed to an average rate of roughly 12%, with more than 50% youth unemployment in the periphery countries implying a long-term loss of talent and
erosion
of the tax base.
Forests ensure water supplies, counter soil erosion, and safeguard an abundance of genetic resources that will become increasingly important in developing the new products, pharmaceuticals, and crop strains needed to support the lives and livelihoods of more than nine billion people by 2050.
Indeed, the
erosion
of the nation-state ultimately does little good for global markets as long as we lack viable mechanisms of global governance.
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