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Forget peak oil, it's peak soil

Posted by: on 30 Apr, 2009

Tagged in: sustainability , soil , conservation , agriculture

Well, don't forget peak oil entirely, but as this New Internationalist article explains, a shortage of fertile topsoil could be more alarming. Agricultural soil loss is outpacing soil formation tenfold. With world population rising fast will we run out of land to feed ourselves?