Jan 4, 2012 ... First, the soil may lose its nutrients. The nitrogen and phosphates in the soil do  not have time to accumulate if the field is not allowed to be fallow, or rest.  Planting other, less-intensive crops can also help the soil recover its natural  nutrients. The second reason monoculture puts crops at risk is the possibility ...
It definitely will happen again. Tree ring records indicate multiple droughts in the  Western U.S. over the past 5,000+ years, including one that lasted 500 years  between 800-1,300 C.E.. Since the time of the Dust Bowl, increasingly large  corporate farms have not relied on precipitation from nature, but drilled into the  Ogallala ...
Jun 17, 2015 ... If you do not have the basic knowledge to confidently make the decisions  required, request assistance from others. Reading this guide will help you, the  laboratory worker, have fewer spills. It will also help you plan for an appropriate  response when spills do occur. Many spills in the laboratory work area can ...
Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is  discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage  treatment facilities. When caused by rainfall it is also known as wet weather  overflow. It is primarily meaningful in developed countries, which have extensive  treatment ...
It is the only alternative by which we can hope to avoid the escalating tension  that will be inevitable if the present situation is allowed to continue, he said. ...  The practice of States has in nearly all respects been carried out in a manner  consistent with the Convention, particularly after its entry into force and its rapid ...
Canada "does spills into their water to practice in the event that this would happen. That is not allowed in the United States."