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...vast land nearly three times the size of Western Europe, Argentina did not begin to develop until the 19th century, when there was large-scale immigration from Western Europe. On the pampas, a flat plain stretching out in a semicircle from Buenos Aires, the immigrants found the richest, deepest topsoil in the world. It was ideal for raising cattle and crops, and still is. The number of cattle on the hoof today is more than double the country's population of 25 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: An Old Dictator Tries Again | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

...dump. Griffin will announce the discovery of what he calls "Additive X" this month at the semiannual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago. He says that the substance, mixed with plastic during the manufacturing process, is easily attacked and broken down by enzymes normally found in topsoil. When these additive particles are gone, the once glassy and impermeable plastic is left as a porous, sponge-like substance that naturally decomposes in the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Making Plastic Rot | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

...began his sampling, tumbling twice and muttering "Dadgummit" as he struggled to rise. But his chagrin turned to excitement near a crater named Shorty (after a character in Richard Brautigan's novel Trout Fishing in America). Suddenly, as his space boots scuffed some of the gray topsoil from the crater's rim, he exclaimed: "Hey, there is orange soil. It's all over." Chugging toward him, Cernan shouted: "Well, don't move until I see it!" The astronauts' enthusiasm on the moon was shared by scientists watching in Mission Control's "back room." Caltech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Apollo 17: A Grand Finale | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

...there is an environmental catch. Because the slopes are steep, they hold little water, and homes seemingly far apart must compete for it in scarce underground pools. Neighbors also foul each other's water, since septic tanks do not work well in less than four feet of topsoil, and the slopes have much less. As a result, virtually raw sewage seeps downhill to contaminate wells, ponds or streams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Saving the Slopes | 1/10/1972 | See Source »

...year ago, officials from downstate Fulton County heard about sludge's marvels and thought it might help solve their major problem. Blessed with abundant reserves of coal, the county was cursed with strip mining. Each year 2,500 acres of topsoil was peeled back, the coal gouged out, and the land rendered unfit for any use but as poor pasturage. In total, 40,000 acres of Fulton County had been ripped and scarred so completely that any remedy was welcome. Even sludge. Would the sanitary district like some of the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Value of Sludge | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

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