Where in the World is Erosion? by Joe Ross
Erosion, it can be found almost anywhere and scientist and engineers are constantly at war with it. Can you help find and stop Erosion?
The globe in the picture is a good tool but it, won't help us very much in finding and stopping Erosion. But... I know something that will, that's right it's the Internet!
Wiki, Wiki, Wiki, I just love saying that word. Let's see if my friend Wikipedia knows what Erosion is and where we can find it. All I have to do is type the word "Erosion" in the window that says search. But wait a minute...before I do that I better refine my search or Wiki might send me thousands of pages about erosion and I don't have that much time. Let's refine the search to "Soil Erosion." All I have to do is put quotation marks before and after the words "Soil Erosion." and Wikipedia will now only look for pages that must contain those exact words in that order. Then he will tell me how many hits I got. Let's try it out!
Wikipedia came through again, he said, "
Erosion is a gravity driven process that moves solids (sediment, soil, rock and other particles) in the natural environment or their source and deposits them elsewhere. It usually occurs due to transport by wind, water, or ice; by down-slope creep of soil and other material under the force of gravity; or by living organisms, such as burrowing animals, in the case of bioerosion.
Erosion is a natural process, but it has been increased dramatically by human land use, especially industrial agriculture, deforestation, and urban sprawl.[1][2] Land that is used for industrial agriculture generally experiences a significant greater rate of erosion than that of land under natural vegetation, or land used for sustainable agricultural practices. This is particularly true if tillage is used, which reduces vegetation cover on the surface of the soil and disturbs both soil structure and plant roots that would otherwise hold the soil in place. However, improved land use practices can limit erosion, using techniques such as terrace-building, conservation tillage practices, and tree planting.
Here we are a Googling. It must be Popeye the Sailor Man's Birthday. Google uses graphic imagery to form the letters of their name. Look, Popeye is swinging his fist to create the letter G in Google. Do you see the "I'm feeling lucky" button When you type in your search information such as "Erosion" it will only send the top rated page or site related to your search. That way you won't have to go through ten or twenty pages of sites looking for the one you think is best. Google has already done that for you. So...Are you feeling Lucky?
We have finally found some Erosion and is it Grand. Grand Canyon that is. Look at the satellite view that we can see in the photo taken from Google Maps. Did you know you can search the entire World by satellite for free at www.maps.google.com Just like any search engine simply type in the google search window where you would like to look at and then select satellite view. You can almost zoom in far enough to see the ant mounds. Look at this magnificent photo of Erosion that has been there for thousands of years. Can you see the river at the bottom of the canyon, I can. Now you know how to do an Internet search and evaluate the information you are looking for in either text or graphical image sources. Remember, always cite your sources for the information and photos you use from your Internet searches and web encyclopedias. See you next time when we go Googling.