@pbsnews: Depletion of major groundwater source threatens Great Plains farming In the heart of the country, Great Plains farmers and ranchers produce a quarter of all U.S. crops and 40 percent of its beef. But they rely on a resource that has been slowly drying up, water. Stephanie Sy reports from Kansas for our series on the impact of climate change, Tipping Point. #tippingpoint #climatechange #greatplains #farmers #water #crop #globalwarming #waterloss #pbsnews #agriculture
I really don't know...is there a reason why there so few trees? (not native, not suited for the area or removed?)?
2024-06-25 21:19:54
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Rodney :
it ends with corporate agriculture owning everything
2024-06-25 21:23:11
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Tony :
So we’re doing all the beats of the 20th century huh?
2024-06-25 21:32:23
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NJ612 :
They should stop voting against their own self interest....or this lesson will keep being taught cause we've seen this before 😒
2024-06-26 01:35:50
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Soliz//Design 🏴☠️☠️🖖 :
Maybe add more native plants/trees? Crazy idea.
2024-06-26 18:16:03
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horsewhisperer19 :
Now do Iowa 😬
2024-06-25 23:54:33
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jzflowerz :
Conventional Farming is not sustainable. One kind of plant surrounded by bare soil equals disaster. If portions of the land were restored to prairie soil fertility and water retention improves
2024-06-28 00:36:35
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Nonymouse :
Hoping that was stock footage, bc they were watering crops during the day: avg est. 20-30% water loss.
2024-06-26 19:36:53
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Jordan :
It doesn’t help that if you drive through these areas in the afternoon they’re watering. What is the point? It’s just going to evaporate….
2024-06-26 15:26:11
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dbezerkeley :
How long have we been hearing about this? When will impacts actually be felt? Cause that's what it's going to take for people to care
2024-06-27 19:16:28
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Possibly probably maybe :
I was made aware of this imminent issue 25 years ago. I’ve wondered for years why this hasn’t been our nation’s highest priority. It is our national food security.
2024-06-27 14:08:41
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Locjaw :
They'll still vote for people that don't believe in climate change or conservation.
2024-06-25 18:38:50
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Skip Flash :
If we had left the indigenous people and the buffalo alone, we wouldn’t have this problem
2024-06-25 20:00:23
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N@z! k! ller :
It’s almost like we’re fucking everything up for profit
2024-06-25 19:00:35
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Justaroundtheriverbend :
Maybe starvation will make people understand climate change.
2024-06-25 19:09:25
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Amber Marie Steinfor :
Stop farming this land. Clearly this land was supposed to remain prairie. You’d think they would have learned from the Dust Bowl.
2024-06-25 18:50:15
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vege_table_doug :
looking at the county by county voting map... good luck to them 🫡🤣
2024-06-25 20:13:02
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vege_table_doug :
brainrot gop will still not believe in climate change 🙄
2024-06-25 20:10:58
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Gingerbread Man :
👏👏👏 This is what you get when you mono crop and water wastefully. How's your belief in climate change now?
2024-06-26 02:38:09
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Tick_Talk_Lyme :
Mono cropping is killing us.
2024-06-26 13:51:50
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mimintn :
Alternative ways of maintenance, drought prevention, and planting are being used to avoid another dust bowl. Stop mowing and plowing.
2024-06-26 15:47:32
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that rad dad :
it’s almost like capitalism is unsustainable or something
2024-06-26 06:39:59
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Vinko Milić :
Great job, @TheStephSy. Great report. Maybe later we want updates of this piece. Proud to be a Pulitzer prize winner. #PBSNEWS
2024-06-25 19:30:37
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