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The dust bowl was caused by a natural drought combined with individual farmers using bad practices. The US Government paid an army of researchers to solve the
by xenadu02 10y ago
The dust bowl was caused by a natural drought combined with individual farmers using bad practices.
The US Government paid an army of researchers to solve the problem and go into the field and teach the farmers about soil erosion, etc. Also the rains returned.
There is nothing in common with the two events.
- sib 10y agoThe US government also created a program in which 100's of millions of trees were planted across more than 18,000 linear miles in a massive attempt to reduce the wind-caused erosion and dust storms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains_Shelterbelt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains_Shelterbelt