At the Speed of Soil: Futures of Earth

Source: http://www.dw.com/en/global-ideas-soil-erosion-agriculture-europe/a-18807131

 

David Montgomery (2007) writes:

today it takes erosion less than 40 years, on average, to strip an inch of soil off agricultural fields – more than 20 times the geologic rate

Humanity is living beyond the earth’s capacity in a way that can prove catastrophic in so many ways. Soil erosion is more visible than climate change, but less prominent in many debates. Why is that?