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Stuff You Should Know

How Desertification Works

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2010

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Josh and Chuck discuss the problem of desertification, from what causes serious degradation of dryland ecosystems to possible ways to repair the damage, in this episode.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:30.4

Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.

0:33.3

It's ready for you.

0:35.8

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, Grimhouse Stuffworks.com.

0:45.8

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

0:47.5

I'm Josh Clark with me as always is Charles W. Chuck Bryant.

0:51.5

You?

0:52.4

How's it going?

0:53.2

Oh you know Josh it's Monday.

0:55.7

I don't know what you're reporting on Mondays.

0:57.3

Neither.

0:57.8

We're in the stupid room that you hate.

1:00.0

My head hurts too.

1:01.1

Jerry's all bummed out.

1:03.0

What a life.

1:04.3

What are we doing?

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