Ce s-a intamplat intre anii 1931-1939?

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Au trecut anii 1992, 1993, 1994,1995,1996,1997,1998

Dust Bowl is the name given to the to the U.S. prairie states that suffered ecological damage in the 1930's. They also suffered to a lesser extent in the mid-1950's. The problem in the prairie regions of the United States began during World War I. The high price of wheat and the needs of Allied troops encouraged farmers to raise more wheat by plowing and seeding areas in prairie states. These states included Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. These lands had formerly been used for grazing livestock.

After years of adequate yields on these lands, livestock returned to graze and their hooves pulverized the vulnerable topsoil. In the year 1934, strong winds began to blow the soil in huge dust clouds. In succeeding years, from December to May, these dust storms occurred again and again. Both crops and pasture lands were ruined by harsh storms, which proved to be a severe health hazard. The uprooting, poverty, and human suffering caused during this period is notably portrayed in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.

Through later governmental intervention and new methods of erosion preventing farming, the Dust Bowl phenomenon has been virtually eliminated, and thus, is now only a historic reference.

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