Brazil's sand advance -10 March 08

[chufuss]

It's like the dust bowl in America in the 30's..poor land management

[kinghenry98]

good report!

[themightylex]

Stop destroying the forests!!! Why are humans always in awe of their own ability to destroy their own lives?

[EdyPegasus]

In referance to teemuruskeepaa's comment, if they had even a few 30 meter trees on each property this would not be such a problem. When they chopped down there trees in there villages, they lost there last true defence.

[EdyPegasus]

No trees= more wind+more erosion=a new desert is going to be formed, or sand dune, in northern Brazil.

[teemuruskeepaa]

00:07 that barrier is not flimsy. It is common practice to build sand walls which draw the sand into dunes, which grow themselves. It doesn't have to carbon fiber made in capitalist countries to hold sand.

[cubaneiros]

wow .. this is like kobo abe's novel "woman in the dunes" .. it's the story of a woman and a man who spend their days fighting the sand from engulfing their home. sand in the food. sand in their mouth. sand in their bed.