What is soil erosion?
Losing soil is called erosion, and this process occurs in a variety of ways. In the course of a typical day, soil is lost to erosion at a faster rate than it can be replaced naturally. Taking hundreds of years to form, soil is necessary to life, and the fact that soil levels are decreasing at rapid rates across the globe should alarm us. Lost soil that ends up in the wrong place because of erosion can be damaging. It plugs drainage areas and waterways, destroys fish habitats, and fouls the quality of surface waters.
Importance of soil
Using a microscope, we see that far from being a particle of degraded rock with some organic material, soil is a complex structure of different elements that stores and releases nutrients and moisture to plants. Why is this composition important to you? Soil is one of the integral links in the chain of life on earth. Soil nurtures the crops that feed us. It supports the forests that enable us to build our homes. And soil is not for us only. It is the first building block element of ecosystems everywhere for all land-based wildlife.
Preventing soil erosion
We can take measures to prevent erosion, whether we are large-scale farmers or we have small gardens in a backyard. By knowing how soil plays a vital role in our lives, how it forms, and how it’s lost through erosion, we can be better prepared to save our soil. It only makes sense to protect something that is such a vital necessity to our existence.
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