Endangered dirt...yes dirt.

[charrison]

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Soil doesn't have an elevated place in the English lexicon. Things are as common as dirt, as plentiful as dirt and as cheap as dirt.

However, if a scientist at the University of California at Berkeley has his way, we may soon start to hear about soil that is as rare, endangered and beloved as dirt. Ronald Amundson and his co-workers analyzed the distribution of soil in the United States and came up with some astounding statistics about the perilous status of the seemingly ubiquitous earths of North America.

In a recent paper, the scientists argued that of the 13,129 soil series in the United States -- a series is roughly the dirt equivalent of a species in the plant and animal realm -- 4,540 are rare or "rare-unique." On top of this, 508 are endangered, that is, threatened with elimination by agricultural or building practices. And 31 species are "effectively" extinct, meaning that they are 90 to 100 per cent obliterated.

The researchers recommend that at least some of the endangered North American dirt be preserved with the same zealousness devoted to saving the African rhino or the Siberian tiger. "Maybe some groups of soil are worthy of consideration of what we want to leave to the future," Prof. Amundson says.

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[ReiAyanami]

issoopreciouss!!

just last week, saudi arabia was trying to hoard all its sand fearing it would somehow run out...

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
issoopreciouss!!

just last week, saudi arabia was trying to hoard all its sand fearing it would somehow run out...

Apparently there are different types of sand, and most of theirs is not suited for use in construction.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

/me runs off to lobby for the creation of the - Dirt Understanding and Maintenance Bureau

I bet they'd start college groups too, like-
Students and Teachers United for the Protection and Identification of Dirt



CkG

 

[Genesys]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
/me runs off to lobby for the creation of the - Dirt Understanding and Maintenance Bureau

I bet they'd start college groups too, like-
Students and Teachers United for the Protection and Identification of Dirt



CkG

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. can i be Leiutenant person in charge of D.U.M.B.?

 

[daniel1113]

Wow... people never cease to amaze me.

 

[Red Dawn]

Bezerkly huh? It figures!

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
issoopreciouss!!

just last week, saudi arabia was trying to hoard all its sand fearing it would somehow run out...

Apparently there are different types of sand, and most of theirs is not suited for use in construction.

And you get different types of sand within construction.