Dr. Helen Kopnina (@helenkopnina.bsky.social)

Ranching and farming have eroded almost all the soil in the Alps Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, jeopardising the ecosystem and putting the mountains at risk of further erosion https://www.newscientist.com/article/2488768-ranching-and-farming-have-eroded-almost-all-the-soil-in-the-alps/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1753054300