I'm not doubting any of those things, but they are all unnecessary to cause this desertification.
Poor farming practices, land and animal management are the cause of most of the world's deserts. Even the Sahara was likely turned to desert because of over grazing.
Combine that with dams, ditches, levees and other constructions....
California has been said to only have enough natural water to support about a million people. So everything beyond that is due to irrigation. The states upriver have also started collecting more water....
There's zero need for covert tech to explain US farmland deteriation. We've known about the problem for over 100 years. There were congressional hearing about our soil health between 1898-1903. The US gov and big business did the exact opposite of scientist recommendations. We have bad farmland and bad health because of this.
I'm not doubting any of those things, but they are all unnecessary to cause this desertification.
Poor farming practices, land and animal management are the cause of most of the world's deserts. Even the Sahara was likely turned to desert because of over grazing.
Combine that with dams, ditches, levees and other constructions....
California has been said to only have enough natural water to support about a million people. So everything beyond that is due to irrigation. The states upriver have also started collecting more water....
There's zero need for covert tech to explain US farmland deteriation. We've known about the problem for over 100 years. There were congressional hearing about our soil health between 1898-1903. The US gov and big business did the exact opposite of scientist recommendations. We have bad farmland and bad health because of this.