Soils are very important natural resources, since they provide the majority of food, livestock feed, fiber and biotic fuel, and also serve as a source of greenhouse gases and an integrated part of biogeochemical cycles
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The dead sea is shrinking, and as it recedes, the fresh water aquifers along the perimeter of the lake are receding along with it. As this fresh water diffuses into salt deposits beneath the surface of the shoreline, the water slowly dissolves the deposits until the earth above collapses without warning.
They are called blind spots. Many 18-wheelers have signs on the back of their trucks that warn drivers who follow behind them too closely.