Pinch of Dirt

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Nature's resources

Nature's resources

Clouds, climate change, crop insurance, and the fall of civilizations

Aug 13, 2019
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I write today, as I usually do, from my couch. The apartment is dark and warm. There was a rain shower earlier, but the cool, humid air outside has not yet dispersed the thick air inside. It doesn’t help that earlier I blanched some root vegetables, sending plumes of steam into the apartment. But the rain has at least watered my tomato and pepper plants.

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