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Dust Bowl – okres (lata 1931–1938), w którym dziewiętnaście stanów na obszarze Wielkich Równin w Stanach Zjednoczonych zostało dotkniętych katastrofą ekologiczną, będącą skutkiem suszy i silnej erozji gleb. Została ona spowodowana wieloletnią suszą i intensywną eksploatacją rolniczą gruntów.
The Dust Bowl forced tens of thousands of poverty-stricken families, who were unable to pay mortgages or grow crops, to abandon their farms, and losses reached $25 million per day by 1936 (equivalent to $550 million in 2023).
27 paź 2009 · Learn about the Dust Bowl, a devastating drought and dust storm crisis that hit the Great Plains in the 1930s. Find out how federal policies, farming practices and weather conditions contributed to the disaster and its impacts on the region and the nation.
26 paź 2024 · Dust Bowl, both the drought period lasting from 1930 to 1936 in the U.S. Great Plains and the part of the Great Plains where overcultivation and drought resulted in the erosion of topsoil, which was carried off in windblown dust storms forcing thousands of families to leave the region during the Great Depression.
Learn about the environmental and human disaster of the Dust Bowl, a severe drought that affected the Great Plains region of the United States in the 1930s. Explore primary sources, such as photos, songs, and documents, to understand the causes, effects, and responses to the crisis.
The Dust Bowl to katastrofa ekologiczna, która uderzyła w Midwest w 1930 roku. Powstało połączenie ciężkiego niedoboru wody i ostrych technik uprawy. Niektórzy naukowcy uważają, że była to największa susza w Ameryce Północnej od 300 lat.
22 sty 2020 · The Dust Bowl was the name given to an area of the Great Plains (southwestern Kansas, Oklahoma panhandle, Texas panhandle, northeastern New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado) that was devastated by nearly a decade of drought and soil erosion during the 1930s.
